Ex parte Anthony
This text of 1 F. Cas. 1045 (Ex parte Anthony) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Habeas corpus. On return it appeared that the prisoner was committed by a warrant under the hand of Mr. Justice Faw, in these words: “Alexandria County, ss. You are hereby required to receive into your custody negro Anthony, who was brought be[1046]*1046fore me by Joseph Simpson, as a runaway, said to be a slave, the property of Mr. Richard West, of Prince George’s county, Maryland, and him safely keep until he be thence discharged according to law. Given under my hand, this 19th day of April, 1806. A. Faw. Capt James Campbell, Jailer.”
The prisoner was discharged, on consideration of the Acts of Assembly, of December 26, 1792, p. 246; December 10, 1793, pp. 315, 316; and January 21, 1801, p. 412.
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