¶1At the trial of this cause, the above proclamation and advertisement were produced by theplaintiff, and offered in evidence, to support his title to the reward therein mentioned, and the advertisement was admitted to be the advertisement of the defendant; and the defendant, by his counsel, prayed the court to direct the jury, that the plaintiff could not recover in this suit, unless he proved *151Mmself to be a peace officer of this state, or of Anne Arundel county, where the said Gaither was arrested, or that the plaintiff had a warrant or process to arrest the said Gaither, or that the plaintiff was required by a peace officer, or other person having a warrant or process, to arrest the said Gaither, to aid and assist in the arrest of the said Gaither. The court directed the jury accordingly.
3 Md. 149
Kilty v. Hammond
Decided October 15, 1793
General Court of Virginia · decided 1793-10-15
THIS was an action on the case for a reward, founded on the following proclamation and advertisement, published in one of the newspapers edited in the city of Baltimore, to wit s By his Excellency, John Eager Howard, Esq. Governor of Maryland. u A Proclamation. ■‘ Whereas by the deposition of Rezin Hammond, Esq. of Anne Arundel county, it appears, &c. &c. And where- ^ obviously the duty of the executive to guard as much as may be against the commission of such enormities,…
Decided 1793-10-15