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SLOOP ACTIVE v. U. STATES

11 U.S. 100 (1812)

7 Cranch 100

THE SLOOP ACTIVE v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 26, 1812.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PITKIN and DANA, for the Appellants.

DALLAS, Attorney of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania, and PINKNEY, Attorney General of the United States — for Appellees.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion of the court as follows:*

The sloop Active, a vessel licensed for the fishing trade, was laden, in the night of the 4th of July in the year 1808, in the port of New London, and was seized by the revenue officer, after having left the wharf without a clearance, under circumstances which justify a belief that she was about to proceed on a foreign...

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