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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
April
Year
1844
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Public Domain
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beveral important slave cases have been recently determined by the Supreme Court of this State. The Western Citizen givesthe following account of them. The first of these, was the case of Dr. Richard Eells, of Quincy. which was an appeal from AdamsCo.where -hehad been fined $400 fcr aiding a slave to escape, rendered probably by feeding, clothing and comforting the person. The decisión of the lower court was affirmed. This case has been appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. The next was the case of J.A. Willard, of Jacksonville, who wasindicted in Morgan County, for harboring and secreting a female slave, claimed by Mrs. Leslie, of Louisiana, and fined $20. This case is different from the preceding one, from the fact, that this slave was voluntarily brought into the State by her owner, and who held her in while on a visit, which voluntary act of the owner has often been decided by courts in different States to be equivalent to emancipation. The decisión of the 'ower court also in this case was affirmed. It is probable that this case will also go up to the Supreme Court. The third is the celebrated Borders case, an appeal from Randolph County, which involved the validity of the claim to the inden tu red and regisíered servants ot slaves. In this case the court decided that these apprentices or slaves are bound to serve according to the terms of their indentures. These servants are in every sense slaves - they are subject to taxation, and the Supreme Court have decided that "indentured and regis ter ed servants mtist be regarded as goods and chattels, and liable to ie taken andsold on execution." - This is Illinois slavery, but it is not all. This case goes up to the Supreme Court. The other case, which was argued, involved the right to hold slaves through theoid French settlers - the French slaves as they are called. This case was not decided, and will not be until next term. Thus the warfare between Liberty and Slavery in this State takes a judicial direction. This, on the whole, is best for the cause of Liberty,inasmuch as it keeps the matter before the people, and tends to hasten the pointe in controversy to an ultímate and speedy decisión.

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Signal of Liberty
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