12 U.S. 363
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 12, 1814
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1814-03-12
This also ivas an appeal from the sentence of the Rhode Island Circuit Court, condemning certain goods captured on board the Frances, by the Yankee privateer. These goods were shipped by Colin Gillespie, tbe claimant, who had been naturalized in the United States, and consigned to Archibald Bryce and Alexander Muirhead, for sale and remittance to the shipper, at Glasgow.
Affirmed · 6–0 · Decided 1814-03-12
¶1 delivered the opinion of the court, as follows : — Colin Gillespie, a naturalized American citizen, residing in Glasgow, claimed sundry goods, shipped on his own account, as his property. This claim depends entirely on his national character, and is decided in the case of The Venus (ante, p. 253). The sentence of the circuit court, condemning the property of the claimant, is affirmed.
¶2 Sentence affirmed.