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JONES v. VAN ZANDT

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46 U.S. 215 (1847)

5 How. 215

12 L.Ed. 122

WHARTON JONES, PLAINTIFF, v. JOHN VAN ZANDT.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 5, 1847.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on printed argument, by Mr. Morehead, for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chase and Mr. Seward, for the defendant.

Mr. Justice WOODBURY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes here on a division of opinion in the Circuit Court of Ohio.

The subject-matter of the original suit was debt for a penalty of $500, under the act of Congress of February 12th, 1793, for concealing and harbouring a fugitive slave belonging to the plaintiff.

The certificate of the division of opinion, as will be seen in the record, relates to various questions, arising under two...

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