United States v. La Vengeance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR from the Circuit Court for the diilrifl: of New York. - It appeared on the return of the record, that La Vengeance,' a French privateer, had captured and carried into New York, a Spanijb'lhip, called La Princejfa de AJlnrias; and that thereupon Don Diego Pintardo, the owner of the prize, filed a Libel in the Diilridt Court, complaining of the capture; alledging that La Vengeance- was illegally.fitted out within the United States; and praying reftitution and damages: ■…
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ERROR from the Circuit Court for the diilrifl: of New York. - It appeared on the return of the record, that La Vengeance,' a French privateer, had captured and carried into New York, a Spanijb'lhip, called La Princejfa de AJlnrias; and that thereupon Don Diego Pintardo, the owner of the prize, filed a Libel in the Diilridt Court, complaining of the capture; alledging that La Vengeance- was illegally.fitted out within the United States; and praying reftitution and damages: ■ but on a claim, exhibited in behalf of the owners of the privateer, the Diftridl Court difmiiled the Libel with…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Weate.perfeilly fatisfied upon the two points that have been agitated in this caufe. In the firflr place, wc think, that it is a caufe of Admiralty and Maritime Jurif-diclion. The exportation of arms and ammunition is, limply, the offence ; and exportation is entirely a water tranfadlion. It appears, indeed, on the face of the libel, to have commenced at Sandy Hook-, which, certainly, mult have been upon the water. In the next place, we are unanimouily of opinion, that it is a civil caufe-: It is a procefs of the nature of a libel in rem ; and does not, in any degree, touch the…
2Cited by1 opinion
- The United States v. La VengeanceSupreme Court of the United States · 1796