United States v. The La Jeune Eugenie
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a libel against the schooner La Jeune Eugenie [Raibaud and Labatut, claimants] for being engaged in the slave trade. By an act passed by the congress of the United States on the 2d of March, 1807, the importation of slaves into any port of the United States was prohibited after the 1st of June. 180S; the time limited by the constitution of the United States, beyond which slaves could not be imported.
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This was a libel against the schooner La Jeune Eugenie [Raibaud and Labatut, claimants] for being engaged in the slave trade. By an act passed by the congress of the United States on the 2d of March, 1807, the importation of slaves into any port of the United States was prohibited after the 1st of June. 180S; the time limited by the constitution of the United States, beyond which slaves could not be imported. By this act the president was also authorized to employ armed vessels to cruise on any part of the coast, where he might judge attempts would be made to violate the act, and to instruct…
1Opinion of the Court
STOItY, Circuit Justice.
This is a libel brought against the schooner La Jeune Eugenie, which was seized by Lieut. Stockton, on the coast of Africa, for being employed in the slave trade. The allegation asserts the offence in two forms: first, as against the slave trade acts of the United States; and, secondly, as against the general law of nations. A claim has been given in by the French consul, in behalf of the claimants, who are subjects of France, resident in Basseterre, in the island of Guadaloupe, as owners of the schooner; and there is also a protest filed by the French consul against…
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