Brigantine Amiable Lucy v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the. United States, ^or die district of Orleans, ’ to reverse the sentence of. that, court which condemned the brigantine Lucy, for importing a slave from the West Indies, contrary to act of congress of the 28ih of February, 1803,W. 6, p. 212. entitled “ An act to prevent the importation certa*n persons into certain states, where, by, the laws thereof their admission is prohibitedby the fij-st sect'on of which it is enacted, that no master of a…
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ERROR to the district court of the. United States, ^or die district of Orleans, ’ to reverse the sentence of. that, court which condemned the brigantine Lucy, for importing a slave from the West Indies, contrary to act of congress of the 28ih of February, 1803,W. 6, p. 212. entitled “ An act to prevent the importation certa*n persons into certain states, where, by, the laws thereof their admission is prohibitedby the fij-st sect'on of which it is enacted, that no master of a vessel, “or any other person, shall'import orbring, ,or cause to be imported or brought, any negro, mulatto, or ot¡,er…
1Opinion of the Court
And of that opinion was this court, the case having been submitted without argument.
Sentence reversed
2Cited by1 opinion
- The Brigantine Amiable Lucy v. The United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1810