Opening Speech of John W. Ashmead, United States District Attorney, in the Case of the United States Vs. Castner Hanway, Indicted for TreasonB. Mifflin, 1852 - 24 Seiten |
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... September , and the members betook themselves to their respective homes-- most of them to defend in their State conventions the great work which they had completed . It would be a tedious , and is happily an unnecessary task , to trace ...
... September , and the members betook themselves to their respective homes-- most of them to defend in their State conventions the great work which they had completed . It would be a tedious , and is happily an unnecessary task , to trace ...
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... September , A. D. 1851 , Mr. Edward Gorsuch , a citizen of Maryland , residing near Baltimore , appeared before Edward D. Ingraham , Esq . , U. S. Commisioner for Philadelphia , and asked for warrants under the Act of Congress of the ...
... September , A. D. 1851 , Mr. Edward Gorsuch , a citizen of Maryland , residing near Baltimore , appeared before Edward D. Ingraham , Esq . , U. S. Commisioner for Philadelphia , and asked for warrants under the Act of Congress of the ...
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... Parnsley , Light Stewart , Hezekiah Clemens , George Wells , Walter Harris , Abraham Clinch , Nelson Carter and Jacob Phillips , with aiding and abetting in the murder of Edward Gorsuch on the morning of the 11th September , 1851 42.
... Parnsley , Light Stewart , Hezekiah Clemens , George Wells , Walter Harris , Abraham Clinch , Nelson Carter and Jacob Phillips , with aiding and abetting in the murder of Edward Gorsuch on the morning of the 11th September , 1851 42.
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... September , 1851 , ” and war- rants were issued for their arrest . As soon as Lewis and Han- way heard of this , they went over to Christiana and surrendered themselves to the authorities . They and the colored men were carried to ...
... September , 1851 , ” and war- rants were issued for their arrest . As soon as Lewis and Han- way heard of this , they went over to Christiana and surrendered themselves to the authorities . They and the colored men were carried to ...
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... September , Collister Wilson was lodged in Moya- mensing prison . It does not appear by whom he was com- mitted . On Sunday morning ( the 14th Sept. ) the prisoners who had been taken to Lancaster , were again brought before Alderman ...
... September , Collister Wilson was lodged in Moya- mensing prison . It does not appear by whom he was com- mitted . On Sunday morning ( the 14th Sept. ) the prisoners who had been taken to Lancaster , were again brought before Alderman ...
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11th of September Aaron Burr Act of Congress answer arrest Ashmead asked attempt authority bars bill blood Brent called Carolina Castner Hanway charge Circuit Court citizens claimant colored Commissioner committed Compromise Constitution counsel crime debate declared defendant Dickinson Gorsuch District Attorney District of Pennsylvania duty Eastern District Edward Gorsuch Elijah Lewis entitled escape evidence facts fugitive from labor Fugitive Slave Law Grand Jury guilty Hanway's Henry H high treason indictment Ingra intent John John Cadwalader Joshua Gorsuch Judge KANE jurors Kline Lancaster county legislation levying Marshal Maryland ment Missouri morning Moyamensing murder National negroes neighborhood never object offence officer Parker's house party passed peace Pearce Philadelphia Philadelphia County prevent the execution prisoner prosecution provision question Reigart remarks render resist riot service or labor short lane slavery South South Carolina statute territory testified testimony tion transaction Union United verdict warrants witnesses
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 68 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 77 - Tenitory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such Judge or Magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent or attorney? which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor to the State or Territory from which he or she fled.
Seite 51 - It is a technical term. It is used in a very old statute of that country whose language is our language, and whose laws form the substratum of our laws. It is scarcely conceivable that the term was not employed by the framers of our constitution in the sense which had been affixed to it by those from whom we borrowed it.
Seite 78 - Maryland, a special act was passed, entitled an act " to give effect to the provisions of the constitution of the United States, relative to fugitives from labor, for the protection of free people of color, and to prevent kidnapping.
Seite 6 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Seite 9 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Seite 77 - ... as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars. Which penalty may be recovered by and for the benefit of such claimant, by action of debt, in any court proper to try the same ; saving moreover to the person claiming such labour or service, his right of action for or on account of the said injuries or either of them.
Seite 77 - ... rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared, or shall harbor or conceal euch person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Seite 51 - Since the adoption of the constitution but few cases of indictment for treason have occurred, and most of them not many years afterwards. Many of the English cases, then considered good law and quoted by the best text writers as authorities, have since been discredited, if not overruled, in that country. The better opinion there at present seems to be, that the term