United States v. Schooner Peggy
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the circuit court for the district of Connecticut, on a question of prize. The facts found and stated by judge Law, the district judge, were as follow: “ That the ship Trumbull, duly commissioned by the “ President of the United States, with instructions to take “ any armed French vessel or vessels sailing under autho- “ rity, or pretence of authority from the French republic, “ which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of “ the United States, or…
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Error to the circuit court for the district of Connecticut, on a question of prize. The facts found and stated by judge Law, the district judge, were as follow: “ That the ship Trumbull, duly commissioned by the “ President of the United States, with instructions to take “ any armed French vessel or vessels sailing under autho- “ rity, or pretence of authority from the French republic, “ which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of “ the United States, or elsewhere on the high seas, &c. as set “ forth in said instructions; and said ship did on the 24th “ day of April last (April…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case the court is of opinion that the schooner Peggy is within the provisions of the treaty entered into with France and ought to be restored. This vessel is not considered as being definitively condemned. The argument at the bar which contends that because the sentence of the circuit court is denominated a final sentence, therefore its condemnation is definitive in the sense in which that term is used in the treaty, is not deemed a correct argument. A decree or sentence may be interlocutory or final in the court which pronounces it,…
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