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Kenosha Telegraph
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
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In Quincy, Illinois, Judge Skinner discharged a negro via habeas corpus, ruling the Illinois Slave Law unconstitutional as it encroaches on Congress's exclusive power over fugitive slaves, aligning with the Supreme Court's decision in Thornton's case.
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'The case of the negro sold on Friday last by the Sheriff, came up before Judge Skinner yesterday, on habeas corpus, and the negro was discharged, the Judge deciding the law under which he was arrested to be unconstitutional.—The decision is according to the opinion of the Supreme Court in "Thornton's case," Illinois Reports, vol. 11, the decision being passed upon the ground that the statute assumes to legislate on a subject—the re-capture of fugitive slaves—over which Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, has the supreme and exclusive power of legislation, and this very statute being declared void by the Supreme Court.'
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Quincy, Illinois
Event Date
24th
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the negro was discharged, the judge deciding the law under which he was arrested to be unconstitutional
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The case of the negro sold on Friday last by the Sheriff, came up before Judge Skinner yesterday, on habeas corpus... The decision is according to the opinion of the Supreme Court in "Thornton's case," Illinois Reports, vol. 11, the decision being passed upon the ground that the statute assumes to legislate on a subject—the re-capture of fugitive slaves—over which Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, has the supreme and exclusive power of legislation, and this very statute being declared void by the Supreme Court.