 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Henry Baldwin - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 670 pages
...from the whole sense and tenor of the constitution and act of congress, that the fugitive was tobe delivered up on a summary proceeding, without the...prosecute his right in the state to which he belonged." This is in the spirit of the law, policy and feeling of Pennsylvania, as declared by the supreme court,... | |
 | United States - 1839 - 397 pages
...that the- fugitive was to be delivered up on a summary proceeding, without the delay of a formal tnal in a court of common law. But if he had really a right...prosecute his right in the State to which he belonged." Notwithstanding these are the admitted principles of the Constitution, which the law of '93 was designed... | |
 | Thomas C. Thornton - Slavery - 1841 - 358 pages
...judge then quotes the enactment on the subject by congress, and concludes the opinion as follows : 'It plainly appears from the whole scope and tenor...prosecute his right in the state to which he belonged. Now as the proceeding before Judge Armstrong, and the certificate granted by him are in exact conformity... | |
 | Robert Rantoul, Thomas Sims, James Winchell Stone - Boston (Mass.) - 1851 - 56 pages
...that of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, who, in the year 1819, said of the law of 1793, that, " It plainly appears, from the whole scope and tenor...prosecute his right in the state to which he belonged. Wright vs. Deacon, 5 Serg. and Rawle, 64. It would seem, therefore, that it only remains to inquire... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...common law. But if h? had really a right to freedom, that right was not impmimi by this proceeding. lie was placed just in the situation in which he stood before he fled, and might prosecute Ms right in the state to which he belonged." William Rawle, a distinguished jurist of the state of... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - United States - 1859 - 812 pages
...had really a right to freedom, that right was not iwpain-U by this proceeding. He was placed juttt in the situation in which he stood before he fled, and might prosecute his right iu the state to which he belonged." William Kawle, a distinguished jurist of the state of Pennsylvania,... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - Conflict of laws - 1862 - 888 pages
...this admission that the person claimed as a fugitive from labor is, by the operation of the Act, " placed just in the situation in which he stood before he fled," is, in itself, a recognition that the rights of the parties under the national law are decided without... | |
 | H. Robert Baker - History - 2006 - 276 pages
...the act of Congress had been satisfied. "If he had really a right to freedom," explained Tilghman, "that right was not impaired by this proceeding; he...might prosecute his right in the state to which he belonged."47 This last sentence was crucial. Tilghman firmly stated that claims to freedom had to be... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 794 pages
...on a summary proceeding, without tli« delay of a formal trial in a court of common law. But if h# had really a right to freedom, that right was not...prosecute his right in the state to which he belonged." William Rawle, a distinguished jurist of the state of Pennsylvania, in his Essay on the Constitution... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - History - 1854 - 308 pages
...a court of common law. But if he had really a right to freedom, that right was not impaired by that proceeding ; he was placed just in the situation in...which he stood before he fled, and might prosecute the right in the state to which he belonged." Here we see the origin of Mr. Webster's idea of extradition,... | |
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But if he had really a right to freedom, that right was not impaired by this proceeding. He was placed just in the situation in which he stood before he fled, and might prosecute his right in the state to which he belonged. 