Wetmore v. Henshaw
New York Supreme Court
ERROR, on certiorari, from the justices’ court in the city of New-York. * e The plaintiff below, (Ifenshaw,) an American citizen, on the 7 16th of bebruary.^ 1813, signed shipping articlés, in the usua!r form, as chief mate of the American brig Criterion, owned by the defendants below, on a voyáge from New-York to a port or Ports in France, and back to a port in the United States.
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ERROR, on certiorari, from the justices’ court in the city of New-York. * e The plaintiff below, (Ifenshaw,) an American citizen, on the 7 16th of bebruary.^ 1813, signed shipping articlés, in the usua!r form, as chief mate of the American brig Criterion, owned by the defendants below, on a voyáge from New-York to a port or Ports in France, and back to a port in the United States. The plaintiff was to receive 50 dollars per month, one months wages being paid to him in advance. The vessel sailed from New-York on ^le 18th ^anuary, 1813, and, On her outward voyage,. was captured by a British…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff below, as mate of the American brig Criterion, signed the usual shipping articles for a voyage from New-York to a port in France, and back again to the United States. On the voyage, the brig was captured by a •British ship of war, and the plaintiff and the rest of the crew were taken from on board, and never afterwards rejoined the brig. About two days after the capture, the brig was recaptured by an American vessel, and restored, on payment of salvage, and performed her voyage, and earned freight. The plaintiff claimed, and…
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