The Venus, Rae, Master
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The following were the facts of the case, as stated by .Washington, J., in delivering the opinion of the court. This is the case of a vessel which sailed from Great Britain, with a cargo belonging to the respective claimants, as was contended', before the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain was or could have been known by the shippers.
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Appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The following were the facts of the case, as stated by .Washington, J., in delivering the opinion of the court. This is the case of a vessel which sailed from Great Britain, with a cargo belonging to the respective claimants, as was contended', before the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain was or could have been known by the shippers. She sailed from Liverpool, on the 4th of July 1812, under a British license, for the port of New York, and was captured, on the 6th of August 1812, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
12 U.S. 253 (1814)
8 Cranch 253
THE VENUS, RAE, MASTER.
Supreme Court of United States.
March 12, 1814.
PITMAN, for the captors.
STOCKTON, contra, for M'Gregor, contended.
Absent. ... LIVINGSTON. J.
WASHINGTON, J. after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the majority of the Court as follows:
The claims of Maitland, M`Gregor and Jones are resisted, in toto, upon an objection to the national character of the Claimants. The general question affecting these parties, will, for the present, be postponed in order to dispose of particular objections which are made to all the claims,…
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