The Brig Short Staple & Cargo v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court, for the, district of Massachusetts, which affirmed that of the district Court condemning the brig Short Staple and cargo. ’ r • t The facts of the case- are thus stated by the Chief Justice in delivering the opinion of the Court. This vessel was libelled in the district Court of sachusetfs, in March, 1899, for having violated the cim bargo laws of the United States, by sailing to a foreiga port.
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THIS was an appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court, for the, district of Massachusetts, which affirmed that of the district Court condemning the brig Short Staple and cargo. ’ r • t The facts of the case- are thus stated by the Chief Justice in delivering the opinion of the Court. This vessel was libelled in the district Court of sachusetfs, in March, 1899, for having violated the cim bargo laws of the United States, by sailing to a foreiga port. The fact is admitted by the Claimants, who allege, in justification of it, that the vessel was captured, while on her voyage to Boston,.by a…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshahd; Ck. J.
after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
It has becu contended bv the Plaintiffs in error,
i. That the Short Staple being a registered vessel, and having given bond as required by law for re-landing her cargo in the United States, is not liable to forfeiture, ii she has violated the condition of that bond.
2. That her sailing to a foreign port, being under the coercion of a forcé she was unable to resist, is justifiable under the laws of the United States.
The first error has been pressed with great eárnestness by the counsel for the…
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