Bowie v. Hunter

Decided March 15, 1836

Replevin, for a slave named Mahala. The defendant, the marshal of the District of Columbia, had taken the slave by virtue of a fi fa. against one Elizabeth Beale, the mother of the plaintiff.

Decided 1836-03-15

¶1But the Court

(Cranch, C. J., contra:,)

¶2permitted the evidence to be given. The reason stated by Morsell, J., was, that, perhaps, a knowledge of such declarations may, by the evidence, be brought home to the plaintiff.

¶3Mr. Brent moved for a new trial, and cited 5 Binney, 109; 3 Wheeler, 260.

¶4But the Court refused to grant it.