This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1795 |
| Citation: | 3 Md. 357 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | "convictions before magistrates must display the law and facts. By a law of the state, the court are authorized to decide in the case of slavery between master and servant; the whole evidence appears upon the record, that it may appear whether the conclusions from the facts are justified in law." |
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| Full name: | William Whetcroft against Edward Dorsey |
| Court: | General Court of Maryland |