The Grotius
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. *457] The Grotius, an American ship, owned by Thomas Sheafe and Charles Coffin, the claimants, sailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2d, 1812, on a voyage, according to the shipping paper, from Portsmouth to one or more southern ports, and from thence to one or more ports in Europe, and back to her port of discharge in the United States, and to Portsmouth, if required.
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Appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. *457] The Grotius, an American ship, owned by Thomas Sheafe and Charles Coffin, the claimants, sailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2d, 1812, on a voyage, according to the shipping paper, from Portsmouth to one or more southern ports, and from thence to one or more ports in Europe, and back to her port of discharge in the United States, and to Portsmouth, if required. She arrived at New York, and sailed from thence, with a cargo for St. Petersburg, and arrived at Cronstadt on the 17th of June 1812. The…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, J.
The master of the Grotius, in answer to the second standing interrogatory, swears that he hath never considered the ship to have been taken or seized as prize. That he was present when an armed schooner, under English col-•Ü -j ors, met with her, the commander of which represented her *to be a J British privateer called the Bream, and requested him to take on board a man, and treat him as a gentleman, until he arrived in the United States ; to which he consented. This testimony of the master is confirmed by Gilman, the mate, in answer to the 2d and 3d interrogatories, who adds, that Very, the…
2Cited by1 opinion
- The Grotius, Sheafe, MasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814