United States v. Rand
United States Circuit Court
This was an indictment against Augustus O. Eand and Thomas Pender, the' captain and mate of the steamer Tropic, for the violation of section 5286 of the Eevised Statutes, relating to military expeditions against people at peace with the United States. The facts are set forth in the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Butler, J.,
(charging jury.) On the fifteenth day of March last the ship Tropic sailed from this port in command of the defendants—the one as captain and the other first mate—with a cargo of arms and military stores, consisting of rifles, muskets, cannon, cutlasses, ammunition, and uniforms. She proceeded direct to Inagua, where she arrived on the twenty-second of the same month, and during the night and the next day, took on board a large number of men, who were soon after put into uniforms, drilled, and prepared for active military service. She then proceeded to Mi’ragoane, Hayti, where the…
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