GLASS v. BETSEY


3 U.S. 6 (____)

3 Dall. 6

GLASS, et al. Appellants, versus The Sloop BETSEY, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by E. Tilghman and Lewis, for the appellants; and by Winchester (of Maryland) and Du Ponceau, for the appellee.


THE COURT, having kept the cause under advisement for several days, informed the counsel, that besides the question of jurisdiction as to the District Court, another question fairly arose upon the record, — whether any foreign nation had a right, without the positive stipulations of a treaty, to establish in this country, an admiralty jurisdiction for taking cognizance of prizes captured on the high seas, by its subjects or citizens...

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