UNITED STATES v. PEGGY


5 U.S. 103 (____)

1 Cranch 103

UNITED STATES v. SCHOONER PEGGY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griswold and Bayard, for the captors.

Mason, for the claimant.(a)


The Chief Justice delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the court is of opinion that the schooner Peggy is within the provisions of the treaty entered into with France, and ought to be restored. This vessel is not considered as being definitively condemned. The argument at the bar which contends that because the sentence of the circuit court is denominated a final sentence, therefore its condemnation is definitive...

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