The Grotius, Sheafe, Master

This case comes before the Court upon an order for ^P^her proof, ma’de at the last session in relation to the validity of the alledged capture of this vessel. The master, the mate and two of the seamen of the Grotius, in answer to somé of the standing interrogatories, swore, that they did not consider the ship to have been seized as prize,;,and that the young man who was put on board by Odiorne, the captain of the privateer, was received and considered as a passenger during the residue of the voyage. The deposition of Very, the alleged prize-master, ivas taken and read in the Court below, ih…