Primos Garner v. Horatio R. Marryman. Verdict Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Elizabeth Askren Steph N. Camerone Kaci L. Nash Laura K. Weakly University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2014 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Verdict April 2, 1857 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 828, Folder 329 Case Papers Verdict Civil Petition for Freedom March 1857 Ball, John Bates, Edgar H. Bond, William Clements, Samuel N. Davis, Amos Edmonston, Brook B. Fullalove, James Gardner, David A. Hepburn, Peter McKnight, Samuel Sothoron, George M. Watkins, Robert H. Washington (D.C.) Verdict for Defendant Garner, Primos Marryman, Horatio R. United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added forename to D. A. Gardner corrected unclear names added xml:ids added case outcome reviewed; edited Encoded and transcribed

Washington April 2nd 1857

We the jurors empannelled in the case of Primus Garner vs Merryman find for the defendant

D. A. Gardner Wm Bond Saml McKnight S. N. Clements Amos Davis James Fullalove Peter Hepburn Geo. M. Sothoron R. H. Watkins B. B. Edmonston Edgar H. Bates John Ball

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Verdict of Jury