The Schooner Adeline & Cargo
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS, was ap appeal from the sentence ofthe Cír-. cu*t Gourt for the district of New York; The American letter, of marque, schooner Adexine; sailed from Bourdeauxr for the United States with a car-owned in part by citizens of the United States, and ift part by French subjects. On the ,14th of March, 1814, she was .captured, in. the bay of Biscay, by a British -squadron, who put a pnze crew on board and, ordered her for Gibraltar.
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THIS, was ap appeal from the sentence ofthe Cír-. cu*t Gourt for the district of New York; The American letter, of marque, schooner Adexine; sailed from Bourdeauxr for the United States with a car-owned in part by citizens of the United States, and ift part by French subjects. On the ,14th of March, 1814, she was .captured, in. the bay of Biscay, by a British -squadron, who put a pnze crew on board and, ordered her for Gibraltar. After being six days in the possession of the British she was re captured, near Gibralter, by the American privateer Expedition, who put a crew onboard an- ordered…
1Opinion of the CourtStout, J.
delivered the opinion of the Court as follows .*
The American letter of marque, schooner Adeline, with a valuable cargo on board, was captured on her voyage from Bordeaux to New York, on or about the 14th of March, 1814, by a British squadron; and, on or about the 19th of the same month, was re-captured by the Aim rican privateer, Expedition, James Clayton, commander, and brought into New York for adjudication. Prize proceedings were immediately instituted against, the wssel and cargo as enemy property ; and various claims were interposed in behalf of American and French merchants. Upon the…
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