The William King— Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the circuit court for the district of New-York. A libel was filed against this vessel in the district court of New-York, March, 1809, for a breach of the act of the 22d of December, 1807, laying an embargo, and the several acts supplementary thereto, alleging, that she proceeded from Baltimore, without any clearance or permit, bound on a voyage to Exuma, one of the Bahama islands, where she took in a tíargo of six thousand bushels of salt, with which she returned…
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Appeal from the circuit court for the district of New-York. A libel was filed against this vessel in the district court of New-York, March, 1809, for a breach of the act of the 22d of December, 1807, laying an embargo, and the several acts supplementary thereto, alleging, that she proceeded from Baltimore, without any clearance or permit, bound on a voyage to Exuma, one of the Bahama islands, where she took in a tíargo of six thousand bushels of salt, with which she returned to New-York. The claimants admitted the fact of going to Exuma, and bringing away the salt, but alleged that it was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
1 his case comes up. on appeal trom the circuit cour£ Qf New-York. The vessel is the same which makes her appearance in the case' of the Short Staple, decided in this court at February term, .1815; and it has been contended that the acquittal in that case is conclusive upon this,, But we think otherwise. It might with more propriety be contended, that had* the hearing of this cause come on together with that of the Short Staple, the latter would have found much more difficulty in escaping. As it was, the division of the court, and the acknowledgment of the judge who delivered the opinion…
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