Ellen Johnson v. Morris Adler and Rachel Johnson v. Morris Adler. Petitioner's Jury Instructions (A) Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding 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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 Petitioner's Jury Instructions Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 772, Folder 48 Case Papers Jury Instructions Civil Petition for Freedom October 1853 Turner, Thomas, Jr. Maryland Washington (D.C.) Johnson, Ellen Johnson, John Thomas Johnson, Louisa Johnson, Robert Adler, Morris Johnson, Rachel Adler, Morris United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed; edited transcribed, encoded

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Petitioners prayer 1st Rachels Instruction

If from the Evidence the Jury shall find that Rachel the Petitioner was the property of the said Thomas Turner in his life time, then sending, and holding the said Petitioner as his slave in the District of Columbia, that the said Thomas Turner removed to, and became a citizen of the state of Maryland, and afterwards and in or about the year 1841 imported the said Rachel into the said state of Maryland with intent for her to reside there, and afterwards with the permission of said Thomas Turner the said Petitioner came to the District of Columbia then upon the whole evidence aforesaid the Court en if the same is believed by the Jury, the said Rachel is entitled to her freedom.

(granted)

Prayer A in The case of Rachel