United States v. Libby
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
This was an indictment against the defendant [Cyrus Libby], belonging to Scarborough, in this state, as master of the brig Porpoise, a vessel owned by citizens of the United States.
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This was an indictment against the defendant [Cyrus Libby], belonging to Scarborough, in this state, as master of the brig Porpoise, a vessel owned by citizens of the United States. He was charged with having received on board said brig on the 8th of December, 1846, within flow of the tide, at a place called Lorenzo-Marquez, on the eastern coast of áfrica, a negro called Luez, not held to service by th' laws of the United States or either of them, and with an intent to make him a slave. The defendant was arraigned on this indictment at an adjourned session of the court in August, 1845, when…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Justice,
made the following rulings, and gave the following opinions in the progress of the case: •
In the course of the trial the counsel for the government offered evidence in order to show Libby’s knowledge and intents in this voyage, that while on the eastern coast of Africa he had received on board the Porpoise, not only the boy called Luez, and the sole one named in the indictment, but another boy by the name of Pedro, who was a slave and a brother of Luez, and at another port another boy by the name of Guil-heme. And the government proposed to prove, also, some facts…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. HopsonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Chanoine v. FowlerNew York Supreme Court · 1829
- Coit v. MillikinCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
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