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THE AURORA, PIKE, MASTER

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12 U.S. 203 (1814)

8 Cranch 203

3 L.Ed. 536

THE AURORA, PIKE, MASTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 7, 1814.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HUNTER, for Appellants.

J. WOODWARD, contra.

PINKNEY, on the same side.

DEXTER, in reply.

... . TODD,

LIVINGSTON, J. delivered the opinion of the Court.

The ship Aurora and cargo, owned by the Claimants, who are American citizens, and documented as American property, were captured, on the 26th of November 1812, by the private armed ship Governor Tompkins on an ostensible destination for St. Bartholomews. From the documents on board and the preparatory examinations, it appears that the ship sailed from Newburyport to Norfolk, in ballast, took in her present cargo,...

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