The United States vs. William H. Carter: Indictment
6/22/1860
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The case in which this document is filed is a Slave Trading Criminal Case involving William H. Carter.
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[page 1]Circuit [handwritten] Court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New-York in the Second Circuit.
At a Stated Term of the [typed] Circuit [handwritten] Court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New-York, in the Second Circuit, begun and held at the City of New-York within and for the District and Circuit aforesaid, on the first [typed] Monday [handwritten] of April [handwritten] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [typed] fifty [crossed out] sixty and continued by adjournment to and including the twenty second day of June in the same year [handwritten]
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, ss. The Jurors of the United States of America within and for the District Circuit aforesaid, on their oath present, that [typed] William H. Carter, master of the Schooner Josephine [handwritten] late of City and County of New-York, in the District and Court [crossed out] Circuit aforesaid [typed], heretofore, to wit, on the Seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and [typed] fifty [crossed out] sixty, after the passing of the act of Congress of the United States entitled “an act in addition to “an act to prohibit the introduction (importation) of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States from and after the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight” and to repeal certain parts of the same,” at the port of New York within the Southern District of New York aforesaid, within the jurisdiction of the United States and within the jurisdiction of this Court did for himself as master (he the said William H. Carter then and there being a citizen of the United States) fit, equip, load and otherwise prepare a certain vessel being the Schooner Josephine [handwritten]
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for the purpose of procuring, and with the intent to employ the said Schooner Josephine in the trade and business of procuring negroes, mulattoes and persons of color from a foreign country, to wit, the West Coast of Africa to be transported to some port and place to the Jurors unknown to be held, sold and otherwise disposed of as slaves or to be held to service or labor against the peace of the said United States and their dignity and contrary to the true intent and meaning of the Statute of the said United States in such case made and provided.
Second Count
And the Jurors aforesaid on their oath aforesaid do further present that William H. Carter, master of the Schooner Josephine, late of the City and County of New York, in the District and Circuit aforesaid, heretofore, to wit, on the Seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, after the passing of the Act of Congress of the United States entitled “An act in addition to “an act to prohibit the introduction (importation) of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States from and after the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight” and to repeal certain parts of the same; at the port of New York within the Southern District of New York
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aforesaid, within the jurisdiction of the United States and within the jurisdiction of this Court did for himself as master (he the said William H. Carter then and there being a citizen of the United States) cause a certain vessel being the aforesaid Schooner Josephine to sail from the aforesaid port of New York within the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose of procuring, and with the intent to employ the said Schooner Josephine in the trade and business of procuring negroes, mulattoes and persons of color from a foreign country, to wit, the west coast of Africa to be transported to some port or place to the Jurors unknown - to be held sold or otherwise disposed of as slaves, or to be held to service or labor, against the peace of said United States , and their dignity, and contrary to the true intent and meaning of the Statute of the said United States in such case made and provided.
J.J. Roosevelt
U.S. Attorney [?]
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[Right Side – mix of typed and handwritten]
U.S. Circuit [handwritten] Court.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [typed]
Cert-226
William H. Carter
Master of the Schooner Josephine [handwritten]
INDICTMENT.[typed] Equipping of vessel for Slave Trade [handwritten]
3 Vol. U.S. St., at large: p: 451
Act of [U.S.] 1818 ch 91 ss. 3
THEODORE SEDGWICK [crossed out] J. J. Roosevelt [signed above]
U.S. District Attorney
A TRUE BILL
M. M. Harris, Foreman
Filed June 25 1860
[Left Side - typed]
Filed in open Court, the
185
185, the Defendant
[nigned] and indict read Deft. Plead Guilty.
185, the Defendant
Call on Recognisance and
Appearing same
185, the Defendant
Tried Verdict GUILTY
185 SENTENCE
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 278410
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