1 D.C. 407
District of Columbia District Court
Decided June 15, 1807
District of Columbia District Court · decided 1807-06-15
Petition for freedom. The cause being called for trial, and no issue made up, Mr. Jones and Mr. Morsell, for the defendant, asked for time to put in a plea denying the facts in the petition, which were stated as the ground of the right to freedom. The petition contained also a general allegation that the defendant unjustly held the petitioner in slavery. The Court said that they would receive the general issue only, unless the petitioner should agree to continue the causé.
Decided 1807-06-15
¶1refused to admit the certificate in evidence.
¶2The defendant then offered a like certificate signed by Richard Jamieson, collector of the tax for the county of Washington, dated June 12th, 1807, which was also rejected by the Court.
¶3Verdict for the petitioner.
¶4(Reversed in the Supreme Court. 6 Cranch, 3.)