Legal Opinion
The Emily and the Caroline
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1824PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
22 U.S. 381 (1824)
9 Wheat. 381
The EMILY and The CAROLINE, BROADFOOT, Claimant.
Supreme Court of United States.
February 7, 1824.
February 24, 1824.
The causes were argued by Mr. Harper, for the appellant, and by the Attorney-General and Mr. M'Duffie, for the respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · ThompsonJustice Thompson
These cases come before the Court on appeals from decrees of the Circuit Court, for the District of South Carolina, affirming the decrees of the District Court, by which the vessels in question were condemned as forfeited, under the laws of the United States, in relation to the slave trade.
The information, in both cases are the…
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