The Palmyra
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of South Carolina. This was a libel of information under the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1819, c. 75. entitled,■“ An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,” continued in force by the act of the 15th of May, 1820, c. 112. The libel wás filed by the District Attorney, as well in behalf of the United States, as of the captors; and alleged that the brig Palmyra, alias the Panchita, was a vessel,…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of South Carolina. This was a libel of information under the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1819, c. 75. entitled,■“ An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,” continued in force by the act of the 15th of May, 1820, c. 112. The libel wás filed by the District Attorney, as well in behalf of the United States, as of the captors; and alleged that the brig Palmyra, alias the Panchita, was a vessel, from which a piratical aggression, search* depredation, restraint, and seizure, had been attempted and made, upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is the case of a proceeding in rem, by a libel of information founded bn the act • of Congress of the third of March, 1819, ch. 75. as continued in force by the act of Congress of the 15th of May, 1820, ch. 112. The second section of the former act authorizes the president “• to instruct the commanders of public armed vessels of the United States, to seize, subdue, and send into any port of the United States, any armed vessel or boat, or any vessel or boat, the crew whereof shall be armed, and which shall have attempted or committed any piratical aggression, search, restraint,…
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