United States v. Seventeen Packages

E.D. Texas

United States v. Seventeen Packages

27 F. Cas. 1029

DecidedMarch 15, 1868

StatusPublished

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United States v. Seventeen Packages, 27 F. Cas. 1029 (E.D. Tex. 1868).

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THE COURT

(WATRÓUS, District Judge) held, that payment of the duties to the rebel authorities was no satisfaction; that the rebel power was not a government at all, neither de jure nor de facto; that it was a belligerent' power, but not a sovereign authority, state, or nation; and that the acknowledgment of belligerent rights was only made in the interests of a common civilization and humanity to take the rebels out of the category of pirates, &e., and subject them to the treatment accorded to prisoners of war by civilized nations.

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THE COURT

(WATRÓUS, District Judge) held, that payment of the duties to the rebel authorities was no satisfaction; that the rebel power was not a government at all, neither de jure nor de facto; that it was a belligerent' power, but not a sovereign authority, state, or nation; and that the acknowledgment of belligerent rights was only made in the interests of a common civilization and humanity to take the rebels out of the category of pirates, &e., and subject them to the treatment accorded to prisoners of war by civilized nations.

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27 F. Cas. 1029, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/united-states-v-seventeen-packages-txed-1868.