Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1827
The Palmyra - 25 U.S. 1 (1827) U.S. Supreme Court The Palmyra, 25 U.S. 12 Wheat. 1 1 (1827) The Palmyra 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 1 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Syllabus A question of probable cause of seizure under the Piracy Acts of 3 March, 1819, c. 75, and 15 May, 1820, c. 112. General rule as to libels in rem. How far the strict rules of the common law as to pleading in criminal cases are applicable to informations in rem. How far a previous prosecution in personam is necessary to found the proceeding in rem. In such a case, although the crew may be protected by a commission bona fide received and acted under from the consequences attaching to the offense of piracy by the general law of nations, although such commission was irregularly issued, yet if the defects in the commission be such as, connected with the insubordination and predatory spirit of the crew, to excite a justly founded suspicion, it is sufficient under the act of Congress to justif...
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