The Antonia Johanna
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the circuit court for the district of North Carolina; This was the case of a Russian ship, captured on the 2d of June, 1814, by the privateer Herald, on a voyage from London to St. Michaels, and brought into the port of Wilmington, N. C., for adjudication. The ship was chartered by Messrs.
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Appeal from the circuit court for the district of North Carolina; This was the case of a Russian ship, captured on the 2d of June, 1814, by the privateer Herald, on a voyage from London to St. Michaels, and brought into the port of Wilmington, N. C., for adjudication. The ship was chartered by Messrs. Burnet & Co., a mercantile firm at London, for a voyage from London to St. Michaels, thence to Fayal, thence to St. Petersburg or any port in the Baltic, and thence to return to London, at the stipulated freight of one thousand; guineas. The ship and cargo were libelled as prize of war, and,…
1Opinion of the CourtStory, J.
Upon the argument no specific objection was t&ken to the restitution of any of the. property claimed, excepting that included iii the claim of Messrs. Ivens & Burnett. This shipment was made by Messrs,
Burnett & Co. of London, to Messrs. Ivens & Burnett of St. Michaels, and the invoices declare the goods to be by order, and for áccount and risk; of the lattey gentlemen.' It is contended, in behalf of the *168captors, that both houses are composed of the same persons, viz. William Si,' Burnett, who is domiciled at London, and William Ivensj who is domiciled at St. Michaels; and that the documentary…
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