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![handle is hein.slavery/ussccases0161 and id is 1 raw text is: OF THE UNITED STATES.
residue of the said ninety-three are to be deliver- 1825.
ed to the Spanish claimant, on the terms in the said
decree mentioned ; and all the remaining Afri- burgh.
cans are to be delivered to the United States, to
be -disposed of according to law; and the said
decree of the said Circuit Court is, in.all things
not contrary tb this decree, affirmed.
[INsTANCE COURT. SLA VE TnADm AcTs.]
The PLATTSBURGH. MARINO, Claimant.
A question of fact under the. Slave Trade Acts, as to a vessel.
claimed by a Spanish subject, as having been engaged in the trade
under the laws of his own countiy, but proved to have been original-
ly equipped in the United States for the voyage in question.
Under the Slave Trade Act of 17.4, c. 11. the forfeiture attaches
*here the original voyage is commenced in- the United States;
,whether the vessel belong to citizens or foreigners, and whether the
act'is done suojure, or by an agent for the:benefit of another person
who is not a citizen or resident of the United States.
Circumstances ;f a' pretended transfer to a Spanish subject, and
the commencement bf a.new voyage in a Spanish-port, held not be
sufficient to-break the continuity of the original adventure, and to
avoid the forfeiture.
It is not necessary, to incur the forfeiture under the Slave Trade
Acts, that the equipme.nts for the voyage should be completed. It is
sufficient, if any preparations are made for the unlawful purpose.
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the
Southern District of New-York.
This was a seizure of the schooner Platts-
burgh, otherwise called the Maria Gertrudes, on
.he Coast of Africa, made .by the United States
-hip of war, the Cyane, in the year 1820. The](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ussccases0161&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)