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70 U.S. 603 (1865)

3 Wall. 603

THE ADMIRAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued fully by Mr. Donahue for the appellants, and by Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Ashton (who had argued it also in the courts below), for the United States.

Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Capture of the ship, together with the cargo, was made on the eleventh day of December, 1861, as lawful prize of war, and both were regularly prosecuted as such in the District Court. Claim for the ship was presented by the master on behalf of Fernie Brothers & Co., of Liverpool, in which he alleged that they were British subjects, and the true, lawful, and sole owners and proprietors of the vessel, her...

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