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Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the sentence of the Circuit Court for blie disti'ict <»f Rhode Island,'condemning the cargo of the Mary, as prize to the privateer, Paul Jones.
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APPEAL from the sentence of the Circuit Court for blie disti'ict <»f Rhode Island,'condemning the cargo of the Mary, as prize to the privateer, Paul Jones. This cause vyas argued at last term by Stockton and Pinkney for the Claimants, and J. Woodward for the Captors, ('ante, vol. 8, p. 388,) .when leave was given bv this Court, for further proof, by affidavits, on the fo}low¡ng points.' ° As to the citizenship of N. J. Yisscher. . %. As to the names of the other heirs of general Fisuer> w^° are interested in the property; the place of their residence, and their national character. ' 3» As to…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Gh. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
Nanning J. Visscher, an American citizen, administrator of general Garret Fb-lier, deceased» went to Great Britain in the year 1811, for the purpose of collecting the estate of the said general Garret Fisher in that country, and remitting it to the United States for those who were entitled to it by lawn Immediately after the repeal of the orders in council, the said Nanning J. Vissclier invested a considerable portion of the funds of the said estate in British merchandize, and engaged the brig Mary, a vessel having an American…
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