Sill v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: 1. The brig Sally, Samuel Wells, master, on or about October 15, 1799, sailed on a commercial voyage from New London, bound for Barbados.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: 1. The brig Sally, Samuel Wells, master, on or about October 15, 1799, sailed on a commercial voyage from New London, bound for Barbados. While pursuing her said voyage she was captured on the high seas by the French privateer Conquest of Italy, the facts of said capture being set forth in the protest of the master, as follows: “That in the English language written declaration is as follows: “I, Samuel Wells, late master of the brig Sally, of Hartford, belonging to Tbs. Sandford, jur., of that…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The brig Sally, Wells, master, on or about the 15th of August, 1799, sailed on a commercial voyage from New London, Conn., bound for Barbadoes. While pursuing said voyage she was captured on the high seas by the French privateer Conquest of Itaty. The facts of the capture are set forth in the protest of the master and two of the crew, made at St. Croix on the 2d of January, 1800. The substance of the protest is that the ship sailed as aforesaid for the island under convoy of the United States sloop of war Connecticut, commanded by Moses Tryon; that at 10 p. m. on the 17th of October in a…
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