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THE GEORGE

15 U.S. 278 (1817)

2 Wheat. 278

The GEORGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 15, 1817.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by Mr. Webster and Mr. G. Sullivan, for the captors, and by the Attorney-General, for the United States.

Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is one of those cases which too often occur in courts exercising admiralty jurisdiction, in which the court is left to decide between the most positive testimony on the one hand, and the most obstinate circumstances on the other.

The privateer Fly had captured the schooner George, and carried her into the province of Maine. But various circumstances having excited a suspicion that the capture was...

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