Susan Vigel v. Henry Naylor. Jury Instructions 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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 Jury Instructions Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 881, Folder 1001 Case Papers Jury Instructions Civil Petition for Freedom October 1858 Vigel, Susan Naylor, Henry United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed; edited Encoded and transcribed.

If the Jury believe from the Evidence that the negroes even in possession of Kirby at the date of his death that is evidence of ownership which provided explained that possession is satisfactory unexplained. by Unless upon the whole evidence, the Jury shall think such possession was without claim of title.

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