 | Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey; relative to the
manumission of Negroes and others holden in bondage. |  |
May Term, 1791.
(p. 248.)
The STATE against JOSEPH BEAVERS, JOHN CLIFFORD, and
JOHN MARTIN, Administrators of EDWARD CLIFFORD,
deceased.
On Habeas Corpus ad subjiciendum, for the Liberation of Negro Abraham Solomons, and Negro Dolly his Wife.
The Attorney-General, Elisha Boudinot, and Linn, Counsel for the Negroes.—Leake and Richard Stockton, Counsel for the said Administrators.
THE Defendants having returned the Bodies with the Cause &c. “That they are the Negro Slaves of
The Court considering that this Point was fully argued and determined by them in the Case of the State against Joshua Farley, November Term last, do refuse to hear any Argument thereupon, and do direct that the Cause be opened and heard before the Court in the usual Manner ; whereupon, The Court having heard the Return filed and Evidence and Allegations of the Parties, do order, on Motion of Mr. Leake Attorney for the said Administrators, that the said Abraham and Dolley be remanded into the Custody of the said Administrators.
| Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey; relative to the
manumission of Negroes and others holden in bondage. | |