Legal Opinion

The Brig Ann, McLain, Master

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 10, 1815PublishedCited by 95 opinions

APPEAL from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut, which reversed that of the District Court, and restored the property to the -,. . ■ x x ■ Claimant.

1Opinion of the CourtStory, J.

This is an information against twelve casks of merchandize, part of the cargo of the brig Ann, alleged to have been imported or put on board with an intent' to be imported contrary to the non-importation act of'1st March, 1809, Ch. 91, § 5.

It appears from the evidence that the Ann sailed from Liverpool for New York in July, 1812, having on board a cargo of British merchandize. She was seized by & revenue cutter of the United States, on her passage towards New York, while in Long Island Sound, about' midway between Long Island and-Falkland Island.'and Carried into the port-of New Haven about…

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