The Santissima Trinidad.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal frooi the Circuit Court of Virginia. This was a libel .filed by the consul of Spain, in the District Court of Virginia, in April, 1817, against eighty nine bales of cochineal, two bales of jalap, and one box of vanilla, originally constituting part of the cargoes of the Spanish ships Santissima Trinidad and St. Ander,and alleged, to be unlawfully and piratically taken out of those, vessels on the high seas by a squadron consisting of two armed vessels called the…
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Appeal frooi the Circuit Court of Virginia. This was a libel .filed by the consul of Spain, in the District Court of Virginia, in April, 1817, against eighty nine bales of cochineal, two bales of jalap, and one box of vanilla, originally constituting part of the cargoes of the Spanish ships Santissima Trinidad and St. Ander,and alleged, to be unlawfully and piratically taken out of those, vessels on the high seas by a squadron consisting of two armed vessels called the Independencia del Sud arid the Altravida, and manned and commanded by persons assuming themselves to be citizens, of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
Upon the argument at the bar several questions have arisen, which have been deliberately considered by the Court; and its judgment will now be pronounced. The first in the order, in which we think it most convenient to consider the cause, is, whether the Independencia is in point of fact- a public ship, belonging to the government of Buenos Ayres. The history of this vessel, so far as is necessary for the disposal of this point, is briefly this : She was originally built and equipped at Baltimore as a privateer during the late war with Great Britain, and was then rigged as a schooner, and…
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