Mahoon v. The Glocester
Pennsylvania Admiralty Court
The brig Glocester had been captured by Roger Kean in the privateer Holker, and condemned as prize to the captors. The marshal being about to make distribution of the booty amongst the crew, according to the list handed in by Captain Kean, was notified to stay in his hands twenty-five shares of the said prize, claimed by Patrick Ma-hoon, and others, as being a part of the crew belonging to, and concerned in the said privateer Holker.
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The brig Glocester had been captured by Roger Kean in the privateer Holker, and condemned as prize to the captors. The marshal being about to make distribution of the booty amongst the crew, according to the list handed in by Captain Kean, was notified to stay in his hands twenty-five shares of the said prize, claimed by Patrick Ma-hoon, and others, as being a part of the crew belonging to, and concerned in the said privateer Holker. Notwithstanding that their names were not to be found in the captain’s return; the libel, now before the court, is for these twenty-five shares.
1Opinion of the Court
HOPKINSON, District Judge.
The circumstances of this case appear, by the testimony exhibited, to be as follows: The printed articles of the privateer Holker were set up at a common house of rendezvous for the enlistment of privateer’s men, according to custom. The libellants, in common with many others, signed these articles, and made the necessary preparations for the cruize. When the Holker was ready to sail, the libel-lants, with the rest of the crew, repaired on board by order of the captain, and the vessel set sail. When they arrived at Chester on the Delaware (fifteen miles below…
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