¶1This point is settled in the case of the State v. Par lee, take nothing by your motion. The court remanded the negroes to the administrators. There was some evidence of declarations by the master, manifesting an intention to liberate them, but the testimony was not satisfactory.
1 N.J.L. 80
State v. Beaver
Decided April 15, 1791
Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1791-04-15
A Habeas Corpora was directed to defendant for Abraham, a negro, and his wife Dolly. Leake and Stockton for master. Defendant returned, that they were his slaves for life, and prayed it might be inquired of by the country. For the trial ey jury, Leake insisted, that a Habeas corpus was not a summary proceeding, and that error would lie on it, and cited the case of the ¿Queen v. Paly et al. (a) Belt v. Dolby, (b)
Decided 1791-04-15