Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
HABEAS CORPUS to William Robinson,'Jun. upon the relation of Hannah Hall for her son F. Hall. The facts of this case were the same substantially as those given in the preceding case of the Commonwealth v. Cook, with this additional fact, that the indenture was executed in pursuance of an agreement entered into by the slave, -with consent of his mother, before they left the District of Columbia, The cause was argued by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This presents the case of a person bound to servitude in the state of Pennsylvania, in pursuance of an agreement for that purpose, made in the District of Columbia, and in that respect it differs from the Commonwealth v. Cook, decided at this term. In the case referred to, the court declined giving any opinion, whether if the agreement had been clearly proved to have been made but of the state, the relator would be entitled to be discharged. To the habeas corpus, the respondent makes the following return, which has been fully proved by the…
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