The Slavers.(kate.)

69 U.S. 350 (1864)

2 Wall. 350

THE SLAVERS. (KATE.)

Supreme Court of United States.

Messrs. Donohue, Evarts, and Gillet, for the appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Ashton, for the United States.

The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

The libel charges that the vessel was prepared at New York, in the summer of 1860, for the purpose of trade in slaves, contrary to the acts of Congress in that behalf; by reason whereof, and by virtue of the acts, the bark, her tackle, apparel, furniture, and lading became forfeited. There is no question of the construction of the acts of…