The Josefa Segunda
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Louisiana. This is the same case which was reported ante, vol. 5. p. 338. It was a proceeding against the vessel, and the negroes taken on board of her, under the Slave Trade Act of the 3d of March, 1807, c. 77. in which the vessel was condemned in the Court below, and that decree was affirmed on appeal, by this Court., After the condemnation of the vessel in the District Court, and before the appeal to this Court, the negroes found on baard…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Louisiana. This is the same case which was reported ante, vol. 5. p. 338. It was a proceeding against the vessel, and the negroes taken on board of her, under the Slave Trade Act of the 3d of March, 1807, c. 77. in which the vessel was condemned in the Court below, and that decree was affirmed on appeal, by this Court., After the condemnation of the vessel in the District Court, and before the appeal to this Court, the negroes found on baard of her were, (under the 4th, section of the act of Congress, and under an act of the State of Louisiana passed on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
Thé case of the Josefa Segunda, in which the present controversy had its origin, is reported iii the fifth volume of Mr. Wheaton’s Reports. It is only necessary to mention, that after the condemnation of the vessel, in the District Court of Louisiana, and before the intervention of the appeal to this Court, the negroes seized on board of her, in pursuance of the act. of Congress, and the act of Louisiana, which will be hereafter commented on, were delivered by Mr. Chew, (the Collector of the Customs,) to the Sheriff of the parish of New-Orleans, to be sold according to law; and a few days…
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