This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1855 |
| Citation: | 7 Md. 416 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Appellants (the original defendants) were lottery commissioners who in the criminal proceedings failed to answer and make discovery to certain things and matters being interrogated. Reversing and dismissing the charges as the requirement is for faithful performance of duties, the law prohibiting the employment of slaves never being charged. |
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| Full name: | Stephen Broadbent and others, vs. The State, at the suggestion of the Lottery Commissioner |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |