Sloop Active v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an appeal from the sentence,of the Circuit Court of the District of Connecticut which af-. Armed that of the District Court condemning the sloop Jlctive and Cargo- The libel stated that the sloop 'Active was an Arnerican vessel duly enrolled and licensed for the cod-iishery the sth of July, ±808, and had given the bond required tó he given by such vessels under the several ac^s °A Congress laying and enforcing the embargo | and had a permit to depart and be employed…
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THIS was an appeal from the sentence,of the Circuit Court of the District of Connecticut which af-. Armed that of the District Court condemning the sloop Jlctive and Cargo- The libel stated that the sloop 'Active was an Arnerican vessel duly enrolled and licensed for the cod-iishery the sth of July, ±808, and had given the bond required tó he given by such vessels under the several ac^s °A Congress laying and enforcing the embargo | and had a permit to depart and be employed in the cod figheiT. That in the night between the 4th and 5th of July, 180S, at the port of New London,'there was…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshaix, Chief Justice
The sloop Active, a vessel licensed for the fishing trade, was laden, in the night of the 4th of July in the year 1808, in the port of New London, and was seized by the revenue officer, after having left the wharf without a clearance, under circumstances which justify a belief that she was about to proceed on a foreign voyage in violation' of the acts laying an embargo. , The vessel and cargo were libelled as having been forfeited tinder the laws of, the United States, and were both condemned in the District Court, which sentence was affirmed in the Circuit Court.
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