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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsengr0508 and id is 1 raw text is: THE VRYHEIDT
to belong to enemies, or to be otherwise confiscable, and condemned the same as
lawfull prize.
20th March 1760.-The Lords affirmed the sentence.
The Hoop, 3rd June 1760; decreed to the same purpose.
THE VRYHEIDT.
A Dutch master having obtained a passport from the Governor of Eustatia,
went with some mariners to Guadaloupe, there took possession of a ship which
had been taken from the English and condemned to the French as prize of war at
Guadaloupe ; was taken on his return to Eustatia with the ship and no other cargo
except some beans, carried into Antigua, where ship and cargo was condemned to
the captor as the property of enemies ; which sentence, 12th June 1760, the Lords
affirmed.
[214] THE ELIZABETH, Galley.
A Dutch ship bound from Amsterdam to Curacoa was driven out of her course,
taken on the coast of Hispaniola, the master being then making for Cape Francois
for wood and water; was carried into New York, where ship and cargo was con-
demned, 12th June 1760 ; which sentence the Lords reversed, and decreed them to
be restored to the claimant.
THE DAGERAED.
A Dutch ship taken off the island of Hispaniola, cleared out in Holland for
Curacoa, but having on board the French king's licence to trade in St. Domingo,
was condemned with her cargo at New York; which sentence was affirmed by the
Lords, 19th June 1760.
The Juffrow Alida, 9th July 1760; decreed to the same purpose.
The Vrow Anna, 9th July 1.760 ; decreed to the same purpose.
The Ann and Elizabeth, 8th July 1760 ; decreed to the same purpose.
THE ANNA -THE MARGARETA, Galley.
A Dutch ship was freighted to carry a cargo from Rotterdam to Cadiz, to be
delivered there to the Dutch consul, thence to go to Marseilles, there to take in
another cargo, and afterwards follow said Dutch consul's orders. The cargo was
delivered at Cadiz, from whence the ship sailed to Marseilles in ballast, where a
cargo of wine and other goods were put on board, for which the master signed a
bill of lading to be delivered to the Dutch consul [215] at Cadiz. Sailed from
Marseilles for Cadiz, and on the voyage was taken by two English privateers and
carried into Gibraltar. Depositions of the master, others of the crew were taken,
who swore the ship and cargo were Dutch property, but some of them said they
heard at Marseilles the ship was bound for Martinico. The captors also examined
several English who had been lately prisoners at Marseilles. They swore they
heard from several persons at Marseilles that the ship in question was to go with
a loading to Martinico on account of the French. The captors also examined mer-
chants at Gibraltar, who swore they did not believe the Dutch could purchase a
cargo at Marseilles to carry to their own West Indian colonies. The Judge of the
Admiralty at Gibraltar condemned ship and cargo. 8th July 1760, the Lords
reversed the sentence, and decreed ship and cargo to be restored.
Neutral ships condemned where proved to have been bound to French ports in the West
Indies :-
The Santa Maria, 10th July 1760; the Lords reversing that part of the
sentence which condemned claimants in double costs.
The Rebecca,, 5th July 1761.
The Victoria, 27th July 1761 ; but ordered claimant's bond to be delivered
up.
The Europa, 16th March 1762.
The Friendship, 13th July 1762 ; reversing, double costs.
The Saint Croix, packet, 13th July 1762 ; reversing, double costs.
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