Jones v. Van Zandt
Supreme Court of the United States
.This casé came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for' the District of Ohio, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an action of debt, brought by Jones, a citizen of Kentucky, against Van Zandt, a citizen of Ohio, for a penalty of five hundred' dollars, under the act of Congress passed on ,the'12th of February, 1793, for concealing and harbouring á fugitive slave belonging to the plaintiff.
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.This casé came up from the Circuit Court of the United States for' the District of Ohio, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an action of debt, brought by Jones, a citizen of Kentucky, against Van Zandt, a citizen of Ohio, for a penalty of five hundred' dollars, under the act of Congress passed on ,the'12th of February, 1793, for concealing and harbouring á fugitive slave belonging to the plaintiff. The act is found in 1 Statutes at Large-, 302. The 3d and 4th sections', which were the only ones involved in this case, are as follows :— “ § 3. Be it…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justibe WOODBURY
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes here on a division of opinion in the Circuit Court of Ohio.
The subject-matter of the original suit was debt for a penalty of §500, under the act of Congress of February 12th, 1793, for concealing and harbouring a fugitive slave belonging, to the plaintiff.
The certificate of the, division of opinion, as will be seen in the record, relates to various questions, arising under two,heads.
First, on rulings made at the trial, and, secondly, on a motion' in arrest of judgment.'
These questions extend to the unusual number of…
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