30 HHDS. OF SUGAR v. Boyle & Others
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the sentence of the Circuit Court; for the district of Maryland,'condemning 30 hogsheads of sugar, the property of the Claimant, a Danish subject, it being the produce of his plantation in Santa Cruz, and shipped after the capture of that island by the British, to a house in London for account and risk of the Claimant, who was a 'Danish oihccr and the -second in .authority in the government of the island, before its capture; and who,-shortly after-the capture,…
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APPEAL from the sentence of the Circuit Court; for the district of Maryland,'condemning 30 hogsheads of sugar, the property of the Claimant, a Danish subject, it being the produce of his plantation in Santa Cruz, and shipped after the capture of that island by the British, to a house in London for account and risk of the Claimant, who was a 'Danish oihccr and the -second in .authority in the government of the island, before its capture; and who,-shortly after-the capture, withdrew, and has since resided in the United States and in Deri-, mark. I5y the articles of capitulation, the inhabitants…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshaix, Ch. J.
delivered the'opinion of the as follows:
The island of Santa Cruz, belonging to the kingdom of Denmark, was subdued, during the late war, by the arms of his Britannic majesty. Adrian Benjamin Bentzon, an officer of the Danish government, and a proprietor of land therein, withdrew from the island on its surrender, and has since resid'd in Denmark. . The property of the inhabitants being secured to them, lie still retained his estate in the island under the management of'an agent, who shipped thirty hogsheads of sugar, the produce of that estate, on board a British .ship, to a…
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