United States v. Ship Helen
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS, was an appeal from the sentence of the district court of. the United States for the district of New-Orleans,which dismissed the libel. The ship Helen, a vessel of the United States, during the existence of the act of congress of the 28'h pi February, 1806,, “40 suspend |he commercial inter-, course between the United States and certain po.rts of the island of Sf. Domingo, had traded with one of the prohibited ports, contrary to that act.
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THIS, was an appeal from the sentence of the district court of. the United States for the district of New-Orleans,which dismissed the libel. The ship Helen, a vessel of the United States, during the existence of the act of congress of the 28'h pi February, 1806,, “40 suspend |he commercial inter-, course between the United States and certain po.rts of the island of Sf. Domingo, had traded with one of the prohibited ports, contrary to that act. The act was suffered to expire on the 25th of April, 18Ó8. After-wards, to wit, on the 20th of September, 1808, she was seized, on account of that…
1Opinion of the Court
The case was now submitted without argument; and upon the authority of the case of- — ——at last term,
The sentence was'affirmed.'
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