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RHODES v. BELL

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43 U.S. 397 (1844)

2 How. 397

11 L.Ed. 314

JAMES RHODES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MOSES BELL

Supreme Court of United States.

March 15, 1844.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent and Brent, for the plaintiff in error.

Bradley and Hoban, for the defendant.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

A writ of error brings this case before us from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

Moses Bell, the defendant in error, filed a petition in the Circuit Court representing that he was held in slavery by one James Rhodes, of the said county, and prayed that his rights might be inquired into by the court. The defendant pleaded that the said Moses was not...

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