the Schooner Betsey.
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I.The schooner Betsey, Francis Bulkeley, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 23d day of April, 1800, from St. Vincent for New London and Hartford, Conn. While peacefully pursuing said voyage, on the 20th day of May, 1800, she was seized on the high seas by the French privateer Reunion, Captain Ferry, and carried into Porto Bico.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I.The schooner Betsey, Francis Bulkeley, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 23d day of April, 1800, from St. Vincent for New London and Hartford, Conn. While peacefully pursuing said voyage, on the 20th day of May, 1800, she was seized on the high seas by the French privateer Reunion, Captain Ferry, and carried into Porto Bico. The Betsey and cargo were condemned by the tribunal of commerce and prizes sitting at Basseterre, Guadeloupe, on the 22d day of July, 1800, on the following…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
On May 20, 1800, the schooner Betsey, Francis Bulkley, master, was captured on her homeward voyage from St. Vincent by a French privateer and the vessel and cargo were condemned as good prize by the French prize court sitting at Basse Terre, in the island of Guadeloupe, June 22, 1800. The illegality of the condemnation is rightly conceded by the defendants.
The vessel and cargo were sold under the decree and became a total loss to the owners, John Morgan and Francis Bulkley. Some ten months thereafter, in March, 1801,.the vessel appeared in the…
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