Jerry v. Townshend
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Anne Arundel county court. This was a petition for freedom, filed by the appellants on the 9th of October 1847, in Prince George’s county court, at that time forming part of the first judicial district.
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Appeal from Anne Arundel county court. This was a petition for freedom, filed by the appellants on the 9th of October 1847, in Prince George’s county court, at that time forming part of the first judicial district. Upon the suggestion of the appellants, supported by the affidavit of their counsel, that they could not have a fair and impartial trial in that county, that court removed the cause to Anne Arundel county court, which was at that time a part of the third judicial district, for trial. On motion of the defendant the latter court remanded the cause to Prince George’s county court, on…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
The proceedings in this case were instituted in Prince George’s county court, and removed from that county, upon suggestion and affidavit, to Anne Arundel county court, the -latter county being in a different judicial district from the former.
Upon motion, Anne Arundel county court refused to hear the case, and ordered it to be remanded to Prince George’s county. From this order the present appeal was taken.
The only questions arising out of this appeal are, first, the constitutionality of the act of 1849, chap. 518, under which this removal was made, and secondly, whether the present…
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