Burr's Case
5 Del. 351
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Bluebook
Burr's Case, 5 Del. 351 (Del. Ct. App. 1851).
Opinion
discharged the petitioner, on proof that he did not come into the State after the passing of the act of 1851; and could not, therefore, be subject to its penalties.
The act must receive a strict, and not an enlarged construction beyond its terms, which are highly penal.
Petitioner discharged.
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