The Caledonian

17 U.S. 60 (____)

4 Wheat. 60

The CALEDONIAN: DICKEY, Claimant.

Supreme Court of United States.

*101] This cause was argued by D.B. Ogden, for *the appellant and claimant,[(a)] and by the Attorney-General, for the United States.[(b)]

February 16th. STORY, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court.

This is the case of an American ship, which sailed from Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of rice, bound to Lisbon, about the 28th of May 1813, under the protection of a British license. In the course of the voyage, the ship was captured by a British frigate, and sent into Bermuda for adjudication.…