In the Case of Tom
New York Supreme Court
A HABEAS CORPUS, having been directed to Adolph Walradt, commanding him to bring up a negro man named Tom, detained in his custody, &c. whom J 1 he claimed to hold as a slave.
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A HABEAS CORPUS, having been directed to Adolph Walradt, commanding him to bring up a negro man named Tom, detained in his custody, &c. whom J 1 he claimed to hold as a slave. The negro was now , brought up, and his master made a return to the habeas corpus, stating that the negro was born a slave in the county of Montgomery, and was held as such, by Johannes Walradt, of whom he, Adolph Walradt, pur- ... . „ . chased him as a slave, some years ago ; that since the death of the said Johannes, the negro claims to be free, by virtue of a certificate in writing, given to him by the said Johannes,…
1Per curiam
We think the negro is free, by reason of the certificate of manumission given by Johannes Walradt, in his life-time ; and he must, therefore, be discharged.
2Cited by1 opinion
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