This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1866 |
| Citation: | 25 Md. 500 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | To produce a party alleged to have illegally arrested former slaves. Holding that even thought a writ of error may be brought in criminal cases, it does not privide a wider effect than in a civil matter. Concluding that a habeas petition may be granted only by the means perscribed by law, otherwise to the discretion of the law. |
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| Full name: | Samuel S. Coston vs. Leah Coston |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |