The Rapid, Perry, Master
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The material facts in the case were these : Jabez Harrison, a native American citizen, the claimant and appellant in this case, had purchased a quantity of English goods, in England, before the declaration of war by the United States against that country, and deposited them on a small island belonging to the English, called Indian island, and situated near the line between Nova…
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This was an appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The material facts in the case were these : Jabez Harrison, a native American citizen, the claimant and appellant in this case, had purchased a quantity of English goods, in England, before the declaration of war by the United States against that country, and deposited them on a small island belonging to the English, called Indian island, and situated near the line between Nova Scotia and the United States. Upon the breaking out of the war, Harrison’s agents in Boston hired the Rapid, a vessel…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The claimant, Harrison, had purchased a quantity of English goods, in England, “ a long time,” to use his own language, before the declaration of war, and deposited them on a small island, called Indian island, near to the line between Nova Scotia and these states. Uupon the breaking out of the war, his agents in Boston hired the Rapid, a licensed vessel in the cod-fishery, to proceed to the place of deposit and bring away these goods. On her return, she was captured by the Jefferson privateer, and was condemned for trading with the' enemy’s country.
*On the argument, it was contended, in…
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