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MTERESraG USL Faosc the RtcJHUond Examiner we copy Cti# following in relation to an Interesting qoeilion pending before the Supremo Court of the United States: jtb# mouth of November, 1S60, au in* •ttnoc* looiety of B atou injured an Amen* Md ship, and io the month of May, ISdl, tbo ahip proceeded on a voyage from Havre to New Orleans* When near the mouth of the * Mississippi she was buardad by an armed crew from the Confederate ateatner Music, declaring that she was seized as a pnze of war, carried into tiie part of Now Qr« lttns, to be condemned * Quart of Admiralty. The crew w*r»dHUinad tn prison for a few days and wore then sent North, and the ihlp mure adored to a Confederate States Marshal. The record does not show what proceedings were liad for the condemnation of tba vessel, bat when last seen she was moored poar the levee. This is a brief state meat of an interesting and impmcaut case which was decided against the owners of the vessel by the Circuit Court of the United States for the District or Massachusetts, in a recent suit against the insurance oompany for the recovery of ilie amount for which the ship was insured. The question is one of great interest, because the decision of the coart Will Involve the question whether tbs leisure is to be regarded as a capture by the aathorlzsd forces of a dc facto govern-, meat* or' by persons who are to be rc-RHrdcd as pirates. Tne court below held that tbo seisure was by the agents of a d facie government—a most excellent decision for tbe latitude of Boston. Tim plaiutiff appeals, and aaka thoJupromo Courc to declare the leisure an act of piracy. ...‘______..
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Petersburg Index
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1868
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