Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Date: 1807-07-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 1 Cranch 424 · 1 D.C. 424
Opinion
The CoüRt discharged the prisoners on the ground of the defects in the warrant of commitment. It not being on oath, no time of imprisonment limited, and not under seal. The Court refused to commit them again on the affidavit of the master, because they doubted whether the authority was not limited to a justice of the peace. But the Court was clear that the voyage contracted for was not ended until the discharge of the cargo and ballast, if required.