Jecker v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of the United States
These were appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The facts, are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The arguments on both sides took a wide range, and it is impossible to insert the entire views of the case ,taken by the respective counsel. The following are given "as those bearing upon what appear to be the principal points.
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These were appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The facts, are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The arguments on both sides took a wide range, and it is impossible to insert the entire views of the case ,taken by the respective counsel. The following are given "as those bearing upon what appear to be the principal points. The arguments were divided into two heads : 1st. The ground of defence taken in the answer of the respondent, that the property had been carried into the port of Monterey, a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case arises upon the capture of the ship Admittance during the late war with Mexico, by the United States sloop of war Portsmouth, commanded by Captain Montgomery.
The Admittance was an American vessel, and after war .was declared, sailed from New Orleans with a valuable cargo, shipped at that place. ' She cleared out for Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands; and.was found by the Portsmouth at Saint Jose, on the coast of California,, trading, as it is alleged, with the enemy.
Before this- capture was made, a prize court had been established at Monterey, in California, by thé military officer,…
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