Brown v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the sentence of the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, which condemned 550 tons of pine timber, claimed by Armitz Brown, the appellant. (Present, all the judges.)
1Opinion of the Court
12 U.S. 110 (1814)
8 Cranch 110
ARMITZ BROWN
v.
THE UNITED STATES.
Supreme Court of United States.
March 2, 1814.
D. DAVIS, for the Appellant.
Present... . . All the Judges.
MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
The material facts in this case are these:
The Emulous owned by John Delano and others citizens of the United States, was chartered to a company carrying on trade in Great Britain, one of whom was an American citizen, for the purpose of carrying a cargo from Savannah to Plymouth. After the cargo was put on board, the vessel was stopped in port by the embargo of the 4th…
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