Adams v. Woods

6 U.S. 336

2 Cranch 336

2 L.Ed. 297

ADAMS

v.

WOODS.

February Term, 1805

THIS cause came up from the circuit court of the state of Massachusetts, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of that court.

In that court an action of debt was instituted for the penalty of $2000 imposed by the second section of the act of congress, passed the 22d of March 1794, 'to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country.' 1 Story's L. U. S. 319.

The second section provides, 'that all and every person building, fitting out, or equipping, loading or…