Allein v. Sharp
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Anne Arundel County court. This was a petition for freedom filed by the appellee, on the 25th of October 1833. The evidence in the first exception, is sufficiently recapitulated, by his Honor Judge Stephen, who delivered the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from Anne Arundel County court. This was a petition for freedom filed by the appellee, on the 25th of October 1833. The evidence in the first exception, is sufficiently recapitulated, by his Honor Judge Stephen, who delivered the opinion of this court. In the 2d exception, the defendant prayed the court to instruct the jury, that if they should find from the evidence, that the deed of manumission was executed by Hutton, with intent to prejudice and defraud his creditors, being such at the date thereof, and that such creditors are yet unsatisfied, and that there is no estate or assets…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, Judge
This case comes up on sundry bills of exception taken in the court below, upon the trial of a petition for freedom filed by the appellee against the appellant in that court. The petition is couched in general terms, and states that the petitioner is a free man, and entitled to be at liberty, but that he is detained in custody and claimed as a slave by the appellant.
To this petition the appellant appeared, and pleaded that the petitioner was not free, as alleged in his said petition. The verdict, and judgment was in favor of the petitioner.
Upon the trial of the cause, the petitioner to prove…
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