Clarke v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The brig Sally, John Y. Villett, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about the 7th day of June, 1796, from Newport, B. I., bound for Africa, where she arrived on the Gold Coast in the month of August following.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The brig Sally, John Y. Villett, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on or about the 7th day of June, 1796, from Newport, B. I., bound for Africa, where she arrived on the Gold Coast in the month of August following. The master of the Sally purchased a cargo of slaves and set sail for Savannah, Ga., intending to touch on the way at the Danish island of St. Thomas, probably for supplies. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized upon the high seas on or about the 6th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtHo Wry, J.
The findings show that the Sally, Villett, master, sailed from Newport, It. I., bound for Africa, where a cargo of slaves was purchased. While on the return voyage with the slaves to the neutral island of St. Thomas and from there to Georgia (pursuant to orders received from the owners of the vessel before sailing from this country) the brig was captured by a French privateer and taken to Guadaloupe, where *82the brig and everything- belonging to her was condemned as good prize. The reasons alleged for condemnation were that the brig was coming from the'coast of Africa with a cargo of blacks and…
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