A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the Decisions Made on that Subject, in the Several Courts of the United States, and State Courts. With Copious Notes and References to the Statutes and Other Authorities, Systematically ArrangedA. Pollock, jr., 1837 - 476 pagina's |
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Pagina xix
... jury , that there was no difference in the liability ings . of the defendant , as captain of a steam - boat , for the loss of the slaves , than for the loss of bales of goods . Verdict for plaintiff . Motion for a new trial . The Court ...
... jury , that there was no difference in the liability ings . of the defendant , as captain of a steam - boat , for the loss of the slaves , than for the loss of bales of goods . Verdict for plaintiff . Motion for a new trial . The Court ...
Pagina xix
... jury found them white women . The defend- ants were convicted , and moved to set aside the verdict , on the ground of misdirection in the charge of the court . The court observed that the term mulatto , as used in this state , was vague ...
... jury found them white women . The defend- ants were convicted , and moved to set aside the verdict , on the ground of misdirection in the charge of the court . The court observed that the term mulatto , as used in this state , was vague ...
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... jury , that the evidence , on the part of the defendant , was not sufficient to support his title . The court refused the instructions , and he excepted . Per Cur . Boyle , Ch . J. Slavery , it is believed , was introduced into the ...
... jury , that the evidence , on the part of the defendant , was not sufficient to support his title . The court refused the instructions , and he excepted . Per Cur . Boyle , Ch . J. Slavery , it is believed , was introduced into the ...
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... jury , and a ver- dict rendered in favor of the then plaintiff , and appellee , which was set aside by the court , on account of some misconduct in the jury , and a new trial ordered . The case remained in this situation until the ...
... jury , and a ver- dict rendered in favor of the then plaintiff , and appellee , which was set aside by the court , on account of some misconduct in the jury , and a new trial ordered . The case remained in this situation until the ...
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... jury , on special facts , who have found that the petition- ers are descended from an Indian woman of the Chickasaw tribe ; and that the defendant has shown no title to hold them as slaves . On this verdict , the duty of the court is ...
... jury , on special facts , who have found that the petition- ers are descended from an Indian woman of the Chickasaw tribe ; and that the defendant has shown no title to hold them as slaves . On this verdict , the duty of the court is ...
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A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the ... Jacob D. Wheeler Volledige weergave - 1837 |
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the ... Jacob D. Wheeler Volledige weergave - 1837 |
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the ... Jacob D. Wheeler Volledige weergave - 1837 |
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Pagina 340 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Pagina 289 - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Pagina 332 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Pagina 343 - That there are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social compact cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life • and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Pagina xvii - ... any negro or mulatto, not held to service by the laws of either of the States or Territories of the United States...
Pagina 32 - The jury found a verdict for the defendant ; and a motion for a new trial having been made and overruled, the plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error to this court.
Pagina 55 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Pagina 333 - However they began, or by what right soever they subsist, there is and must be in all of them a supreme, irresistible, absolute, uncontrolled authority, in which the jura summi imperil, or the rights of sovereignty, reside.
Pagina 373 - ... that all servitude for life, or slavery of children, in consequence of the slavery of their mothers, in the case of all children born within this State from and after the passing of this act as aforesaid, shall be, and hereby is, utterly taken away, extinguished, and forever abolished.
Pagina 352 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
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