Slave-import statute
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 10 U.S. 3 - Scott v. Negro Ben · 1810Most cited · 5 citing opinions
proof requirement directory, not jurisdictional
It would be a singular and a very extraordinary provision that a naval officer, or the collector of a tax, should be made the sole judge of the right of one individual to liberty, and of another to property. It would be equally extraordinary that the oath of one of the parties, probably in the absence of the other, should be conclusive on such a question.
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