U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts October 15, 1815 (The Dash)

STORY, Circuit Justice,

delivered the opinion of the court; and, after stating the facts, proceeded as follows:

The prize act (26th June, 1812, c. 107, § 4) declares, that all prizes captured by private armed vessels shall accrue to the owners, officers, and crews of the vessels, by which such prizes are captured; and, after condemnation* shall be distributed according to any written agreement