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THE ALEXANDER, PICKET, MASTER

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12 U.S. 169 (1814)

8 Cranch 169

3 L.Ed. 524

THE ALEXANDER, PICKET, MASTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 7, 1814.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DEXTER, for Claimants.

PITMAN, contra, contended, on behalf of the captors.

PINKNEY, on the same side.

.... TODD,

MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

The principles settled in the case of the Rapid decides this cause so far as respects the character of the Alexander and her cargo. In open sea, unpressed by any peculiar danger, with a full knowledge of the war, she changes her course and seeks an enemy's port. If such an act could be justified, it were vain to prohibit trade with the enemy. The subsequent traffic in the enemy country, by which her return...

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