Adams 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 schooner Betsey and Polly, William Cottle, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 18th -day of December, 1797, from Boston, bound to Martinico, but cleared for-Gua-daloupe.
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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 schooner Betsey and Polly, William Cottle, master, sailed on a commercial voyage on the 18th -day of December, 1797, from Boston, bound to Martinico, but cleared for-Gua-daloupe. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas on or about the 10th day of January, 1798, by the French privateer Petit Coureur, Captain Lacour, and carried to the island of Guadaloupe, and on the 22d of the said month'of January both vessel and cargo were condemned and ordered sold…
1Opinion of the Court
Weldon,‘J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The schooner Betsey and Polly (Cottle, master) sailed on a commercial voyage on the 18th day of December, 1797, from Boston, bound to Martinico, but cleared for Guadeloupe. While pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas on the 10th day of January, 1798, by the French privateer Petit Coureur, Captain Lacour; carried to the island of Guadeloupe, and on the 22d of said last-mentioned month both vessel and cargo were condemned and ordered sold for the benefit of the captain by the French prize court sitting at Basse Terre; because of said…
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