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Negro Samuel Bias v. John Rose.
A slave brought into the county of Washington from Maryland, by his owner, and within three years thereafter mortgaged for his full value, does not thereby acquire a right to his freedom.
This was a petition for freedom, submitted to the Court by Mr. Key, for the petitioner, and Mr. Jones, for the defendant, upon a case in which it was stated that the petitioner was brought into this county from Maryland, by one Richards, his owner, and within three years thereafter was mortgaged by Richards to W. Bowie, who assigned the mortgage to the defendant, who holds the petitioner under the mortgage. That Richards became insolvent, and was discharged under the insolvent act of the District of Columbia.
The petitioner claims his freedom under the
The Court (Thruston, J., not sitting,) was of opinion that the law was against the petitioner, and rendered judgment for the defendant.