¶1were of opinion that, upon the facts, as admitted above, the petitioner is not entitled, by law, to her freedom, and therefore give judgment for the defendant, “from which the petitioner prays an appeal to the supreme court of the United States.”
1 F. Cas. 596
Amelia v. Caldwell
U.S. District Court
Decided October 15, 1823
U.S. District Court · decided 1823-10-15
This cause was submitted to the decision of the court by Mr. Key, for the petitioner, and Mr. Jones, for the defendant, upon the following case ^agreed: “In this case it is admitted that the petitioner was bom in the state of Maryland, and became, by marriage, the property of one Henry O. Middleton, who resided in Washington county, in this district, until May, 1820, there keeping the said petitioner in his possession, as his slave.
Decided 1823-10-15