U. States v. Job L. Barber
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a case certified from the Circuit Court for the district of Vermont, the opinions of the judgés of which Court were opposed.
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THIS was a case certified from the Circuit Court for the district of Vermont, the opinions of the judgés of which Court were opposed. Barber was. indicted, «for that he, being a citizen of the United States, and inhabitingtlie same, with1 force and arms, at,” &c. « did attempt to transport, over land thirty head of fat cattle which were then and there articies of provision and munitions of war, and were all of the value of 300 dollars, from a .place in the United States, to wit: from. Berkshire, in the said district of Vermont, to a place in the province of Lower Canada, to wit: to St.…
1Opinion of the Court
This Court ordered itto be certified to the Circuit Court, that it is the opinion of this Court that fat cattle are provisions, or munitions of war, within the true intent and meaning, of the act, entitled «• an act to prohibit « American vessels from proceeding to or trading with « the enemies of the United States, and for other pur- « poses.”
2Cited by1 opinion
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