The Springbok
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, respecting the British bark Springbok and her cargo,.which had been captured át sea by the United States gunboat Sonoma during the late rebellion, and libelled in the said court for prize. The vessel was owned by May & Co., British subjects, and was commanded by James May, son of one of the owners.
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Appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, respecting the British bark Springbok and her cargo,.which had been captured át sea by the United States gunboat Sonoma during the late rebellion, and libelled in the said court for prize. The vessel was owned by May & Co., British subjects, and was commanded by James May, son of one of the owners. She had been chartered 12th November, 1862, by authority of May, the captain, to T. S. Begbie, of London, to take a full cargo of “ Lawful merchandise, and therewith proceed to Nassau, or so near…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.
We have considered the case with much care, not only upon the ship’s papers and the preparatory proofs, but upon the documents invoked on the hearing in the District Court from’ the two causes, United States v. The Steamer Gertrude, and United States v. The Schooner Stephen Hart, then pending in that court.
The invocation of these documents appears to have been made at the original hearing, and we cannot say that this was strictly regular. It would have been more in accordance with the rules of proceeding in prize if the cause had been first…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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