THE PLATTSBURGH


23 U.S. 133 (____)

10 Wheat. 133

The PLATTSBURGH. MARINO, Claimant.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by Mr. Jones and Mr. Mayer,a for the appellants, and by the Attorney General for the respondents.b


Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a libel founded on the several acts of Congress for the prohibition of the slave trade, and contains various distinct allegations, and especially counts framed on the Slave Trade Acts of 1794, ch. 11. and 1800, ch. 205. It is unnecessary to enter upon a minute examination of the pleadings, because the whole case turns upon the question, whether, in point of fact...

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