Kennedy v. Ricker
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Libel for salvage, for rescuing the brigantine from the French captors, Nov. 28, 1800. Plea: denying right to salvage. William Kennedy, the libellant, deposes that he was a mariner on board the brigantine Washington. The brig was taken by a French privateer between St. Vincent and St. Lucia; all the hands taken out except the captain (Ricker, one of the respondents) and the libellant; and six of the privateer’s men put on board : steered for Guadaloupe.
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Libel for salvage, for rescuing the brigantine from the French captors, Nov. 28, 1800. Plea: denying right to salvage. William Kennedy, the libellant, deposes that he was a mariner on board the brigantine Washington. The brig was taken by a French privateer between St. Vincent and St. Lucia; all the hands taken out except the captain (Ricker, one of the respondents) and the libellant; and six of the privateer’s men put on board : steered for Guadaloupe. The brig remained sixty hours in possession of the French captors. The captain and the libellant agreed to attempt a rescue. The captain…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.1
The brigantine Washington, Capt. Ricker, with a cargo of sugar and rum, on her homeward voyage from Surinam to Boston, on Nov. 25, 1800, off St. Lucia, was captured by a French privateer, the Fleur de Mer, of Guadaloupe. The mate and six of the crew of the brigantine were taken out, and six Frenchmen belonging to the privateer put on board, and the brig ordered to make for Basseterre, Guadaloupe. On the morning of the 28th of the same November, after the brigantine had remained about sixty hours in possession of the captors, Capt. Ricker and the libellant (who were the only persons…
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