State v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. Debt, brought on the 13th of September 1855, by the State against the appellee, to recover the penalty imposed by the first section of the act of 1838, ch. 3T5, for the illegal transportation of a slave. Plea, nil debet. Exception.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. Debt, brought on the 13th of September 1855, by the State against the appellee, to recover the penalty imposed by the first section of the act of 1838, ch. 3T5, for the illegal transportation of a slave. Plea, nil debet. Exception. It was agreed, that the defendants were, in August 1855, the owners of the steamer Lancaster mentioned in the declaration, and have been, since that time, up to the bringing of this suit, except so far as that ownership is modified by a charter-party to be given in evidence. The plaintiff then proved by a competent witness,…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
This is an action of debt to recover the penalty imposed by the first section of the act of 1838, ch. 375, “To prevent the transportation of people of color upon railroads or in steamboats.” The questions for consideration relate to the construction of the act of Assembly, and to the ownership of the steamboat at the time the negro in question escaped.
At the trial below the State offered a prayer affirming its right to recover, on the facts given in evidence; and the defendant offered four, but the court rejected all the prayers, and gave an instruction to the jury, to which, as well as to…
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