United States v. Gooding
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a prosecution in the Circuit Cpurt of Mary - land, against the defendant, Gooding, under the Slave Trade Act of the 20th of April, 1818, ch. 373. The indictment alleged, (1.) that the said Gooding, being a citizen of the United States, after the passing of . the act of the Congress of the United- States, entitled, ‘\An act in addition to an act to prohibit the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after…
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THIS was a prosecution in the Circuit Cpurt of Mary - land, against the defendant, Gooding, under the Slave Trade Act of the 20th of April, 1818, ch. 373. The indictment alleged, (1.) that the said Gooding, being a citizen of the United States, after the passing of . the act of the Congress of the United- States, entitled, ‘\An act in addition to an act to prohibit the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord 1808, and to repeal certain parts of the same,” that is to say, after…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stqry
This is the ease of an indictment against Gooding for being engaged in the slave trade, contrary to the prohibitions of the act of Congress of the 20th of April, 1818. It comes before us upon a certificate of division of opinions in the Circuit Court of the District of Maryland, upon certain points raised at the trial. We take this opportunity of expressing our anxiety, least, by too great indulgence to the ‘wishes of counsel, questions of this sort should be frequently brought before this Court, and thus, in effect, an appeal in criminal cases become an ordinary proceeding to the mam-fest…
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