Cargo of Brig Aurora v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an appeal from the sentence of the district Court for the district df Orleans, condemning the cargo of the brig Aurora, for haying been imported from Great Britain, in violation of the 4th and 5th sections of the non-intercourse act of March 1st, 1809, val. 9, p. ¿¿43, which it was contended were in force against Great Britain, on the 20th of February, 1811, |when cargo was seized,) by virtue of the act of May ±st> 1810»voL 10* p. 186, and the President’s…
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THIS was an appeal from the sentence of the district Court for the district df Orleans, condemning the cargo of the brig Aurora, for haying been imported from Great Britain, in violation of the 4th and 5th sections of the non-intercourse act of March 1st, 1809, val. 9, p. ¿¿43, which it was contended were in force against Great Britain, on the 20th of February, 1811, |when cargo was seized,) by virtue of the act of May ±st> 1810»voL 10* p. 186, and the President’s proclamation of November 2d, 1810. J By the Mh section Of the act of March 1st, 1809, it is enacted> “ that from and after the…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an appeal from a decision of the district Court of Orleans, on a libel, preferred against the goods in question, under the non-interpourse acts of March 1st, 1809, and May 1st, 1810.
These goods were claimed by -Robert Burnside, a citizen of Orleans, as his property, and the material questions in the cause are,
1st. Is the property American, in which case it is exempted from forfeiture, by a subsequent law, viz. of March 2d, 1811.
*3882d. Was the act of 1st March, 1809, revived by the President’s proclamation at all, and if revived, did it commence its operation on the 2d February, or on the…
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