Queen v. Hepburn
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Washington. At the trial several bills of exception, were taken. 1. The first was for the rejection of part of the depo-: sition of Caleb Clarke,, who deposed to a fact: respecting the ancestor of the petitioners which he had heard his mother say she had frequently heard from her fatber. 2. The second was for overruling part of the deposition óf Freeders Ryland, which stated what Ire had heard Mary, the…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Washington. At the trial several bills of exception, were taken. 1. The first was for the rejection of part of the depo-: sition of Caleb Clarke,, who deposed to a fact: respecting the ancestor of the petitioners which he had heard his mother say she had frequently heard from her fatber. 2. The second was for overruling part of the deposition óf Freeders Ryland, which stated what Ire had heard Mary, the ancestor of the petitioners, say respecting her own place of birth and residence. 3. The third exception stated that after a…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the. Court as follows:
This was a suit instituted by the Plaintiffs in the Circuit Court of •the United States for the County of "Washington,, in which they claim freedom. On the trial of .the issue certain depositions were offered by the Plaintiffs, which were rejected by the Court and exceptions were taken. ■ The verdict and judgment being rendered for the Defendants, the Plaintiffs have brought the cause into this Court by writ of error, and the case depends on the correctness of tbq several opinions given by the Circuit Court.
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