After
suffering imprisonment and being subjected to great loss
of time and heavy expenses, they were all discharged.
_Syracuse, October 1, 1851._ JERRY, claimed as the slave of
John McReynolds, of Marion County, Missouri, was brought to
trial before Commissioner J.F. Sabine. He was rescued by a
large body of men from the officers who had him in custody,
and was next heard of in Canada.
_James R. Lawrence_, a lawyer of Syracuse, acted as counsel
for _James Lear_, attorney of McReynolds.
[N.B. Daniel Webster's prophecy was not fulfilled.]
_Columbia, Penn._, (fall of 1851.) Man named HENRY, arrested
as the slave of Dr. Duvall, of Prince George's County,
Maryland,--taken to _Harrisburg_, before United States
Commissioner McAllister and by him consigned to slavery.
_Judge Denning_, of Illinois, discharged a negro brought
before him as a fugitive slave, on the ground that the
Fugitive Slave Law was unconstitutional.
_Two alleged slaves arrested_ at _Columbia, Penn.
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