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![handle is hein.slavery/ussccases0408 and id is 1 raw text is: THE SLAVERS. (REINDEER.)
Statement of the case.
person by that name engaged in the shipping business-in
the port of New York. Two or more clearance clerks were
examined, and they testify that they never heard of a busi-
ness man there of that name. Persons who have for years
been engaged in the China and African trades were also
examined, and they testify to the same effect. Even Schmidt,
the ship-broker and partner of the person who sold the ves-
sel for twelve thousand dollars, testifies that he never saw
him but once, and that was in the street, and that he. did
not know whether he was the actual owner, or merely the
agent of the real purchaser of the vessel. Woodbury, the
grantor of the vessel, was not called by the claimant. When
the appeal was taken in the Circuit Court, the petition was
signed by his counsel, and the bond given on the appeal,
although drawn for the signature and seal of the claimant,
was executed only by a surety, and the surety testifies that
he never heard of such person until the morning of the day
when his examination as a witness took place. Neither the
master nor any of the crew are called to explain any of these
inculpatory circumstances, nor is there any attempt to afford
any explanation upon the subject. For these reasons, we are
of the opinion that the finding in the court below was clearly
correct. The decree of the Circuit Court is, therefore,
Tnm SLAVERS. (RmaqDm.)
I. A vessel begun to be fitted, equipped, &c., for the purpose of a slave-
voyage, in a port of the United States, then going to a foreign port, in
order evasively to complete the fitting, equipping, &c., and so complet-
ing it, and from such port continuing the voyage, is liable to seizure
and condemnation when driven in its subsequent course into a port of
the United States.
2. In libels for the alleged pur ose of violating the acts of Congress prohi-
biting the trade in slaves, a wide range of evidence is allowed. Positive
proofs can seldom be had; and a condemnation may be made on tes-
timony that is circumstantial only, if the circumstances be sufficiently
numerous and strong, and especially if corrDborated by moral coinci-
dences.
Dec. 1864.]](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ussccases0408&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)