The St. Nicholas
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the circuit court of Georgia, This ves» sel and the cargo were libelled as prize of war. The ship was claimed by John E. Smith, the supercargo, in behalf of John Meyer, • alleged to be a Russian subject residipg at St Petersburg. The cargo coa-, sisted of logWQod and cotton, 200 bales of which were claimed by Smith, in behalf of Platzman & Gosler, also alleged to be Russian merchants of St. Petersburg.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Georgia, This ves» sel and the cargo were libelled as prize of war. The ship was claimed by John E. Smith, the supercargo, in behalf of John Meyer, • alleged to be a Russian subject residipg at St Petersburg. The cargo coa-, sisted of logWQod and cotton, 200 bales of which were claimed by Smith, in behalf of Platzman & Gosler, also alleged to be Russian merchants of St. Petersburg. The remainder of the caigo., consisting of 950 bales of cotton, and 38 Ions of logwood, were claimed in behalf of John Inerarity, a Scotchman, domiciled at Pensacola, and an adopted…
1Opinion of the Court
J oiiÑson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court as follows :
This cáse presents itself in this court under a cloud of circumstanc.es unusuálly threatening. There is scarcely wanting in it one of those characteristics by which courts df admiralty are led to the detection of neutral fraud. Whether we consider the persons who conduct the voyage, the original character of the vessel, the time and circumstances of the transfer, the trade she has since been engaged in, the funds with which that trade has been transacted, or the manner in which it has been conducted, wc find all the hopes arvd…
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