The Venus, Rae, Master
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The following were the facts of the case, as stated by .Washington, J., in delivering the opinion of the court. This is the case of a vessel which sailed from Great Britain, with a cargo belonging to the respective claimants, as was contended', before the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain was or could have been known by the shippers.
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Appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The following were the facts of the case, as stated by .Washington, J., in delivering the opinion of the court. This is the case of a vessel which sailed from Great Britain, with a cargo belonging to the respective claimants, as was contended', before the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain was or could have been known by the shippers. She sailed from Liverpool, on the 4th of July 1812, under a British license, for the port of New York, and was captured, on the 6th of August 1812, by the…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, J.
The general question affecting *these parties, will, for the present, be „ postponed, in order to dispose of particular objections which are made l to all the claims, either in whole or in part, and which will depend on the particular circumstances applying to those cases.
1. The first claim that will be considered will be that of Lenox & Maitland to the -100 casks of white lead, which, it is contended, is the property of Thomas Holloway, an acknowledged British subject, but shipped in June 1812, by William Maitland & Co. (a house established in Liverpool, and composed of William Maitland and…
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