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Bain v. Speedwell

2 U.S. 40 2 Dall. 40 Court SCOTUS English

Delivered by BY THE COURT.

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p. 40
May Session, 1784.
Bain, et. al. Appellants, versus, Schooner Speedwell, et. al. Appellees.

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THIS was an appeal from the Admiralty of the State of Rhode Island, where the Schooner had been condemned as prize; and the record was submitted to the decision of the Court, without argument. On the 24th of May, 1784, GRIFFIN, READ, and LOWELL, the presiding Commissioners, delivered the following judgment:

It appearing, by the inspection of the record, that the Schooner in question, was captured from the British, since the operation of the preliminary articles of peace, (to wit, on the day of ) the condemnation cannot be sustained.

Decree reversed.