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1 Report of the Trial of Castner Hanway for Treason, in the Resistance of the Execution of the Fugitive Slave Law of September, 1850. Before Judges Grier and Kane, in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Held at Philadelphia in November and December, 1851. To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing the Laws of the United States on the Subject of Fugitives from Labor, the Charges of Judge Kane to the Grand Juries in Relation thereto, and a Statement of the Points of Law Decided by the Court during the Trial 1852

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OF THE TRIAL OP
CASTNER      HANWAY
FOR

TREA

SON,

IN THE RESISTANCE OF TH ECUTION Of
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
OF SEPTEMBER, 1850.
BEFORE JUDGES GRIER AND KANE,
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HELD AT PHILADELPHIA IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1851.
TO WHICH IS ADDED
AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE SUBJECT OF FUGITIVES FROM LABOE,
THE CHARGES OF JUDGE ]KANE TO THE GRAND JURIES IN RELATION THERETO,
AND A STATEMENT OF THE POINTS OF LAW DECIDED BY THE COURT DURING THE TRIAL.
BY JAMES J. ROBBINS,
OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.
FROM TRE NOTES OF
ARTHUR      CANNON      AND   SAMUEL B. DALRYMPLE,
PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTERS APPOINTED BY THE COURT FOE THIS CASE.
PHILADELPHIA:
KING & BAIRD No. 9 SANSOM STREET.
1852.