The George
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was a case of an American ship, captured by an American cruiser, and afterwards recaptured by the British, and condemned in their courts.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was a case of an American ship, captured by an American cruiser, and afterwards recaptured by the British, and condemned in their courts. The owners proceeded against the captors for restitution in damages, alleging the capture to be illegal, and that the captors, by sundry irregularities, had forfeited the protection otherwise indulged them by the law. . Mr. Townsend cited 2 Valin, Comm. 270; Azuni, c. 3, art. 4, §§ 2. 4, 5, note 193; Bynk. per Dupon. 3; Purviance v. Angus, 1 Dali. [1 U. S.] 184;…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This is a libel for damages for an alleged illegal capture of the brig George and cargo by the private armed ship Orlando, Babson commander. The brig was captured on the 9th of February, 1815, about the latitude 39° or 39° 30" N., and longitude 69° 30" or 70° W., and ordered to the United States for adjudication; and afterwards, on the 10th of tho same month, was recaptured by the British, and carried into Halifax, and there, together with her cargo, conuemueu as ía.yful prize. The cargo on board, at the time of the capture, consisted of cotton, rice, molasses, tar, and…
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