Little v. Barreme
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. On the 2d of December 1799, the Danish brigantine Flying Fish was captured, near the island of Hispaniola, by the United States frigates Boston and General Greene, upon suspicion of violating the act of congress, usually termed the non-intercourse law, passed on the 9th of February 1799 (1 U. S. Stat. 613), by the 1st section of which it is enacted, “ That from and after the first day of March next, no ship or…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. On the 2d of December 1799, the Danish brigantine Flying Fish was captured, near the island of Hispaniola, by the United States frigates Boston and General Greene, upon suspicion of violating the act of congress, usually termed the non-intercourse law, passed on the 9th of February 1799 (1 U. S. Stat. 613), by the 1st section of which it is enacted, “ That from and after the first day of March next, no ship or vessel owned, hired or employed, wholly or in part, by any person resident within the United States, and which shall…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
now delivered the opinion of the court. — The Flying Fish, a Danish vessel, having on board Danish and neutral property, was captured on the 2d of December 1799, on a voyage from Jeremie to St. Thomas, by the United States frigate Boston, commanded by Captain Little, and brought into the port of Boston, where she was libelled as an American vessel that had violated the non-intercourse law. The judge before whom the cause was tried, directed a restoration of the vessel and cargo, as neutral property, but refused to award damages for the capture and detention, because, in his…
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