New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-15
LAW LVT,ELLIGENCE.
uplIEp STATES DISTRICT COURr-JuLY lf-befofe
Judge BETS and q Jury.
SLAVE IRADE-cAsE OF THE BRAAAS'
Irn,,sd States Is. Da Cunha Refs.

~ ,bs recoenizanoe on the souod that the defendant
lao examined The Judge To-, wss
AZ sc that there existed prcosbs cause o
charge be wood therefore be required 10 AeH"
In he case Of HenO Ds Costa the District sad
The were ready trial Mr. Beneds annoaIoea
ss The was not ready Of the ndic tent nav
been syen g HI. ceaase but bali nos e @ .cep. for
rcod the defendant had been no'n0' " " e'o' "
Hr Bsnedet then drew up affidavit rsuei by Da Costa
which be dsposed that he could not poco e " va w. %
TIE COus then proceeded with the trial Of josef Pedro ds
Sunia, Oh an ildIctm.u,
Tss ,o.owns ssnisuea were ap.ae9- Il. ssnas,
Fowler Lewis sietausr k1Se Ms"I Ro%.ne Csas. n A.
Carter, Francis Fowsr Hsrpsnv Baldwin Thomas D'fae'
M Joscbm.seD United states D'T:t Attorney
stated he for the ~ DE e. M .ea I hs a & He
stsed that the brig BIamsa arrested Oh the gh Of Jnue
with Of fourteen aboard while o' nns Tbs b aseI
parties board gave different accounts e 20 ne SS:' & %
caro- was of charcer in avns IL the trunk
and esrpetbas Of the Tse Tana ,.de
The counsel offered the subjoined eyidehGe' p c,,s,
John Fsg1c the b s% ssan Ss
brs tups board Of her on the sh Q, June We
Ssd sisht men and three board the me saw her
hs before ya of the a'15 Ss iGosa't Ca s.
Mat was on Monday day BOARDED her soog. one
abe was being toEsd to sea by the cent noI o s
Seei and saw Ds Cunha De Ds Costa the captain
sr % al, $ Ss sfs T Of
Mr De .,d here the espan and pointed oat
snse; there regular list aad clearance shown me
there are the papers ded 70. h,s H..
the captain said he bound to ST. Thomas ana sa
bmseH liable by not having narfes and he said his owner
said asked him who the owner a. ad
tan HOTEL there oulkhead sbaft the f0rsnsst Of me
shoud say
bills sssust the whole Of the crew OF the Bsm4a
ssd i Se or tie Witness
should that the buhead was to keep live sGea on tue
casks filed with water talerred the vessel jut as
could carry square manop sail she had the sPsrs for It;
tell how much it would take TO ballast he-did not
Crosseximine ii eonversed with Capt. Delsno and Nh
De Cs the only who S. Gould M 'psss
with Mr. Da Cunha ied to SPEAK % him but could not
the did not with him h5oash a. Inter.
on board Of his ye,ss bit % on be- q
led foe other papers than tho,e have s sd no oss
hold subsequent the se1ure have vessels sa;
fitted such bulkhead as have dsscoed seNefal
port don't reeolset what dad Iot l2ok at t don't
rocolect has said about Mr. Da Cunh being
DGset rs.umed"Ths vessels on which the bulkhead'
EaRe bave engaged in the sve
Tsde some friends Of fitting them OUT Il was ,hen
Baltimore the Brsz in about 1891; the
fitting them ont were a not % mean sro 70
going slave trade there not much doubt about their
dead assisted to take ii vessel the odsr of the Gov
emmsut get orders tom the Secretary OF the IIasy
tct Attorney Mr. De Angels reported that she was in the
and ~ seized her s o S., ous Of S
Hook ond have been entitled to OF ths Pfocsea
faIthns have ed libel against this ves'si ne Col
sc,or orders in relation to t pareusI vessel nor
detsndns with that a'a TO receive any part Oh he
Lewis Browne (coored cook of the Bransa, swornrhs
District Attorney ssd he indicted but they would enter
nSe an y eoea o. tho siuds before she sailed hppsa
:s s.: scSs
mate don't know what w.se. was to receive Np.,
ford commanded the John Potter eth Of May whom took
sn of ss ss s'aa nS.s a
take provisions meske's six pound csnuo9' ana & Oas -
re AN O 2, to" eoH,nd Of the Bram.a for that
tended to be the ehaeIeI Of he vessel hs oTns anus
mons Fgsr; he knew of tbs and interpreted ,r
to Ds Costa fnser introduced ne 70 sp Ds Sosa NJ
prsted for me TO did speak Mr. Da Vuuha about
ec,ed 10 and ovsulec) Mr. Cnuhs have of
vessel at certain nei there was letter
Costa. soo% in the St. Nicholas Hotel; MI Ressnb-s
Da Cunba Mr. Da Costa ard mys4f wete present, a Rs'sn
berg he spoke Portuguese aud Enssa MI
Da CunLa to me the ssPe'eeo and TO h
MIR Rosenberg was translator; Nj Ds Costa letter
of instrucon Obected By ccuose for that they
witness not being competent in Law testify the
ton, because he does know the Pouguse language MI
Mckson said be would show the
general Objection oyeIrued Rosenberg read
letter Of instructions ia Caahs in poususse a., aid Mr.
Da Costa then M Rosenberg read English
usced my with Cunhs; the letter given 20 la
CunhA 10 be given in English after st oct
side Da Cunha took them away from the hotel in ooorrd
and dropped them oserbosrd when the oce
i, the instructions were ihat was 20 the coast Of Are. d
then under pa Cunha orders be zen the hotel the day
Of sailing just before did
CToss eisrnedI Ds Canha put Ia, ,tt'r II ilstra
fkns into ce'e cd Handkerchief tue Moud,y which
sAled the losers second time Monday that
we houd understand them they were then pa' into the h
usa%sny saw the the co coa
tanned the then saw ps cqnh take ae h.f
eyd. nee was nsuaesnt as to is loss. Tas CSsrt said was
sufficient for the jury 10 dec Zoe upoDI
bhe Court took recess for ten pinuteS. Csse con.
tinned
My instructions to rug to ths coast q Aa and ,t,id
on sne of land Ds was orie,sa TO clear t'r ST.
days Of various nations English French Portuguese @c The
s o. pa WHITE ass With red ball was to We On tue os
to receive them on board beos, VITA ttsse
aIes niou,n 'ne accommodation Of NV employer Meehta3
the morning OF salins day the ST. NeAoa 5r Ds Coa
suse Frazer this charter party on ,e Custom Hous
steps sger. shown ,na read to the Jury wa.
at the rate Of s5es month Flaser tod me to 70 s0d
get witr e.s to .sn ~ iea'os SAYING wa. his business
papers bofos and given bnd il rsse
p @ 1i sss sSs 3 as. 'HS oS 70 @ e s
they hSea the foo, Of Montgomery street De
psmaIer and esaler Mr. FIassr had the ouihesd put o.
he did the epenterng about her there eA
hsq "a. S.ssa to me- th. D ah bad been os s
before would have notog except to sal
octor f The slaves and who had beea this
osa wanted me to 60 ess 60, The e.Msnes and
nd ent on the Young Aerc,Ds Costs De Castro
Cunh. and myself De C.s,o told me Il was no.nscs'..y