The Baigorry
Supreme Court of the United States
The schooner Baigorry, laden wholly with cotton, was captured at sea, about one hundred miles off Havana, to which port she was sailing from Calcasieu Pass, in.Louisiana, by the United States brig-of-war Bainbridge, on the 9th of June, 1862, and taken into Key West, where'both cargo and schooner were libelled as prize of war.
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The schooner Baigorry, laden wholly with cotton, was captured at sea, about one hundred miles off Havana, to which port she was sailing from Calcasieu Pass, in.Louisiana, by the United States brig-of-war Bainbridge, on the 9th of June, 1862, and taken into Key West, where'both cargo and schooner were libelled as prize of war. The ground, in fact, of the proceeding was,- . 1. Alleged violation of the blockade, established by President Lincoln’s proclamation of 19th April, 1861. 2. That the cargo and ship were enemy’s property. The defence in turn was, 1. That no blockade had been broken; there…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Baigorry and cargo w§re owned by residents of New Orleans, claiming to be subjects of Great Britain and France. She was employed in the trade of the enemy, plying between Havana and ports of Louisiana, and finding entrance as she could, by running the blockade. The cotton with which she was laden was shipped, according to the testimony of the mate, at Calcasieu Pass, between the 27th of April and the 3d of May; but she did not sail, if the master be credited, till the 26th of May. Calcasieu Pass, and all the neighbor ing region was in…
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