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Olmstead, case of
During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuadedCapt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where the captain and three others of the prisoners were compelled or persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then about to sail for New York with stores for the British there.
When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other three Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers (f to the State of Pennsylvania as owner of the Convention, one-fourth to the Girard, and the remaining one-fourth only to Olmstead and his three companions.
Olmstead appealed to Congress, and the committee of appeals decided in his favor.
The PennsyOlmstead appealed to Congress, and the committee of appeals decided in his favor.
The Pennsylvania court refused to yield, and directed the prize sold and the money paid into court to await its further order.
This contest continued until 1809, when the authorities of Pennsylvania offered armed resistance to the United States marshal at Phi
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