¶1discharged him from his indentures, and ordered him to be bound out again; and for that purpose directed him to be taken, in the custody of the marshal, before R. C. Weight-man and William Hewitt, Esquires, two of the justices of the peace for Washington County.
2 D.C. 210
Gusty v. Diggs
Decided June 15, 1820
A negro boy, about eight years old, was brought into Court by • habeas corpus, in the custody of Edward Diggs. It appeared that he had been brought into the city of Washington from Maryland, where he had been bound to Diggs to be taught the business of a farmer. Diggs hired him here to a chimney-sweeper.
Decided 1820-06-15