Brooks v. Farmer

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Brooks v. Farmer

3 N.J.L. 641

DecidedFebruary 15, 1810

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Brooks v. Farmer, 3 N.J.L. 641 (N.J. 1810).

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Opinion

By the Court.

The justice has mistaken the law; the act respecting apprentices and servants, cannot, in any shape, be construed as extending to slaves; the penalty created by that act for persuading and enticing away any clerk, apprentice, or servant, does not embrace the case of slaves; it must be confined to the subject matter of the act, which is wholly aside from slaves; besides, the act respecting slaves, has made provision on the same subject by creating a penalty for employing, harboring, or concealing a slave.

Judgment reversed.

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By the Court.

The justice has mistaken the law; the act respecting apprentices and servants, cannot, in any shape, be construed as extending to slaves; the penalty created by that act for persuading and enticing away any clerk, apprentice, or servant, does not embrace the case of slaves; it must be confined to the subject matter of the act, which is wholly aside from slaves; besides, the act respecting slaves, has made provision on the same subject by creating a penalty for employing, harboring, or concealing a slave.

Judgment reversed.

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3 N.J.L. 641, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/brooks-v-farmer-nj-1810.