This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1837 |
| Citation: | 8 G. & J. 421 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Dick |
| Short Summary: | Finding the evidence admissible and reversing the lower court's decision. Evidence by a justice of a peace regarding the validity of a bill of sale importing a slave across the state border to PA; this would entitle the slave to freedom. Leaving the facts regarding the fradulence of the bill of sale up to the jury including consideration and the buyer's inability to read the aggreement. |
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| Full name: | Jesse Pocock vs. Joshua Hendricks |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |