United States v. Brig Malek Adhel
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up by appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Maryland, .having originated in the District Court. On or about the 30th of June, 1840, the brig Malek Adhel sailed from New York bound to Guayamas, in California, under the command of Joseph Nunéz. The vessel was armed with a cannon and some ammunition, and there were also pistols and daggers on board.
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This case came up by appeal from tbe Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Maryland, .having originated in the District Court. On or about the 30th of June, 1840, the brig Malek Adhel sailed from New York bound to Guayamas, in California, under the command of Joseph Nunéz. The vessel was armed with a cannon and some ammunition, and there were also pistols and daggers on board. It appeared fron the evidence, which is hereinafter particularly set forth, that she stopped several vessels upon the high seas, and at length put into the port of Fayal, where she remained for some…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United .States for the district cf Maryland, sitting in admiralty, and affirming a decree of the District. Court rendered upon an information in rem, upon a seizure.brought for a supposed violation of the act of the 3d of March, 1819, ch. 75, (ch. 200,) to protect the commerce of the United States, and to punish the crime of piracy. The information ofigi-. nally contained five counts, each asserting a piratical aggression and restraint on the high'seas upon a different vessel: one, the. Madras, belonging’to British subjects; another,…
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