Bell v. English

Decided October 15, 1833

The return of a writ of habeas corpus, to bring up 'a colored boy, was, that he was bound as apprentice to Mr. English, by the Orphans’ Court of Alexandria county, to learn the business of a house-servant. The evidence of this binding was a copy of the record of the Orphans’ Court, in these words: — Orphans’ Court, Alexandria county, October term, 1832.

Decided 1833-10-15

The CouRT

¶1(nem. con.) refused to discharge the boy, being of opinion that the Orphans’ Court had jurisdiction to bind out orphan children ; and that the binding was in the usual form in which that court exercised its jurisdiction.

¶2See Hines v. Hewitt, (post,) October term, 1834.