L'Invincible
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the circuit court for the district of Massachusetts. The French private armed ship L’Invincible, duly commissioned as a cruiser, was, in March, 1813, captured by the British brig of war La Mu-tine.
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Appeal from the circuit court for the district of Massachusetts. The French private armed ship L’Invincible, duly commissioned as a cruiser, was, in March, 1813, captured by the British brig of war La Mu-tine. In the same month she was recaptured by the American privateer Alexander; was again captured, on or about' the 10th of May, 1813, by a British squadron, consisting of the frigates Shannon andTenedos; and, afterwards, in the same month, again recaptured by the American privateer Young Teazer, earrited into Portland, and libelled in the district court of Maine for adjudication, as prize…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
It would be difficult to distinguish this case, in principle, from those of the Cassius and the Exchange, g decided in this court. The only circumstance, in fact, in which they differ, is, that in those cases, the vessels wore the property of the nationin this it belongs to private adventurers. But the commission under which they acted was the same; the same sovereign power which could claim immunities in those cases equally demands them in this; and although the privateer may be considered a volunteer in the war, it is not less a part of the efficient national force, set in action for the…
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