Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1818
..... satisfied by a restriction created by the application of external force? if, for example, a town be besieged and the inhabitants confined within its walls by the besieging army, if in attempting to come out they are forced back, would it be inaccurate to say they are restrained within these limits? the court believes it would not, ..... observed that the vessel did not attempt to proceed towards the blockaded port, but lay in bristol when the abandonment was made. the blockading squadron therefore did not act directly on the vessel, nor apply to her any physical force. it is not certain that such a circumstance might not have materially affected the case. this court ..... in attempting to pass the blockading page 16 u. s. 193 squadron the vessel be stopped and turned back, the force is directly applied to her, and does act directly and not circuitously. without contesting or admitting the reasonableness of the opinion that the loss of the voyage occasioned by the detention of the ship by her master .....
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