The London Packet
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Tnis was a claim for a parcel of hides, shipped, as appeared by the bill of lading, on the 19th of June, 1S13, at Buenos Ayres, on board of a British ship [the London Packet, Smith, master] bound to London, for account and risk of D. J. Marino, a Spanish subject, and captured by the private armed brig Argus, in August, 1813. In the district court, farther proof was ordered for the…
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Tnis was a claim for a parcel of hides, shipped, as appeared by the bill of lading, on the 19th of June, 1S13, at Buenos Ayres, on board of a British ship [the London Packet, Smith, master] bound to London, for account and risk of D. J. Marino, a Spanish subject, and captured by the private armed brig Argus, in August, 1813. In the district court, farther proof was ordered for the claimants [unreported], but before sufficient time had elapsed for procuring it, the captors pressing for a decision on the…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The British ship London Packet was captured by the private armed brig Argus, Henry Parsons commander, on or about the 30th day of August, 1813, on a voyage from Buenos Ayres to London, and brought into Boston for adjudication. On the trial in the district court, the ship and all the cargo, excepting 0276 hides, was condemned as enemy’s property. The hides were claimed by the Spanish consul as Spanish property, and were finally restored, after an order for farther proof. ' Prom this decree of restoration, an appeal has been interposed to this court There were no invoices…
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