Case Name: The AIGBURTH
Court: United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1863-07-17
Citations: 1 F. Cas. 226
Docket Number: 
Parties: The AIGBURTH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 226–226

Head Matter:
Case No. 106.
The AIGBURTH.
[Blatchf. Pr. Cas. 645.]
Circuit Court, S. D. New York.
July 17,1863.
Prize — Violation op Bi.ockaiik.
Decree of the district court, condemning the vessel and cargo as enemy property, and acquitting the vessel on the charge of breaking the blockade, affirmed.
In admiralty. [Appeal from decree of condemnation. The Sarah Starr Case No. 12,-352. Affirmed. For opinion on question of marshal’s fees after bonding for appeal, see The Aigburth, Case No. 105.]
[Reported by Samuel Blatchford, Esq.]
[Affirming The Sarah Starr, Case No. 12,352.]

Opinion:
NELSON, Circuit Justice.
The. vessel in this case was captured at sea, off the coast of Florida, near Femandina, on the 31st of August, 1861, by the Jamestown, a vessel-of-war. The Aigburth was on a voyage from Matanzas. Cuba, to St. John's, N. B., with a cargo of molasses. She left the port of Newbem in July, with a cargo of rice, for Matanzas. At the time of her egress, the port was not actually blockaded. The vessel and cargo belonged, at the time of capture, to C. Gravely, a British subject, but resident and doing business in Charleston, S. C. The court below condemned the vessel and cargo as enemy property, and acquitted the vessel on the charge of breaking the blockade. I concur in that decree.