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Flowers v. Sloop Three Bros.

Court: Rhode Island Vice Admiralty Court
Date filed: 1742-07-01
Citations: 1 Rec. V.A. Ct. (R.I.) 186
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[Libel in prize. Evidence reported relating to agreement between privateers to divide prizes and spoils of Dutch sloop captured near Magdalena River, and found selling contraband goods to Spaniards at Reohacha. Decreed lawful prize to be divided as agreed among captors and owners. (Admiralty Papers, I, 56, 57, 61; Minute Book, 1740-1743) ]