The Plattsburgh
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New-York. This was a seizure of the schooner Plattsburgh, otherwise called the Maria Gertrudes, on he Coast of Africa, made by the United States ship of war, the Cyane, in the year 1820. The vessel was brought into the port of New-York for ajudication, and a libel of information was filed in the District Court, under the acts of Congress of 1794, c. 11. and of 1800, c. 205. prohibiting the slave trade.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New-York. This was a seizure of the schooner Plattsburgh, otherwise called the Maria Gertrudes, on he Coast of Africa, made by the United States ship of war, the Cyane, in the year 1820. The vessel was brought into the port of New-York for ajudication, and a libel of information was filed in the District Court, under the acts of Congress of 1794, c. 11. and of 1800, c. 205. prohibiting the slave trade. A claim was given in on behalf of Juan Marino, a Spanish subject, and a resident merchant of St. Jago de Cuba. Upon the proofs taken,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. justice Story
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a . libel founded on the several acts of Congress for the prohibition of the slave trade, and contains various distinct allegations, and especially counts framed on the Slave Trade Acts of 1794, ch. 11. and 1800, ch. 205. It is unnecessary to enter upon a minute examination the pleadings, because the whole case turns upon the question, whether, in point of fact, the voyage was originally undertaken from the United States,, or was undertaken by the claimant, Mr. Marino, from the island of Cuba, after a bona fide purchase made by him,…
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