The Schooner Rachel v. The United States

10 U.S. 329

6 Cranch 329

3 L.Ed. 239

THE SCHOONER RACHEL

v.

THE UNITED STATES.

February Term, 1810

1

THIS was an appeal from the sentence of the district court of the United States for the district of Orleans, which condemned the schooner Rachel for having traded with certain prohibited ports of St. Domingo, contrary to the act of congress.

2

The sentence of condemnation was passed, and the vessel sold, and the proceeds paid over to the United States, while the act was in force. The act had since expired. It was a case within the principle decided at last term, in the case of Yeaton and Young v. The…