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THE GROTIUS, SHEAFE, MASTER

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12 U.S. 456 (1814)

8 Cranch 456

3 L.Ed. 623

THE GROTIUS, SHEAFE, MASTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 16, 1814.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WEBSTER, for the Claimants, contended.

PITMAN, contra, for the captors.

.... MARSHALL,

WASHINGTON, J. delivered the opinion of the Court in this case, as follows:

This case differs in no material respect from that of the Joseph, just decided, except that in this a question arises as to the validity of the capture. The master of the Grotius, in answer to the second standing interrogatory, swears that he hath never considered the ship to have been taken or seized as prize. That he was present when an armed schooner under English colors met...

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