New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-01
selling Free hey Into slavery Justice In
Maryland for tho 4 ored Race.
LufUEt II 10 IrfturN.
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BALTIMORE, Sunday, Dec. 30.
a case cRme before our Criminal Court on Sat-
urd.y, which very forcibly Illustrates the oprrts-
sion to which the FREQ backs Of Mar land are sub
jected-on Of the many barbarcus and unjust acts
cons;sDtly xinkod atby our officials. +. P. Love
grove, Esq young lawyer who has ever besl
foremost in the defense Of the colored race, pre-
scented petition 10 Judge Ni,bet on behalf of
cCl0red boy named William Henry Hardy, pray.
Ds tina! he may b. set at liberty, being entitled
20 his freedom The petition act forth that he had
At the age C sixteen years, In $40 been convicted
Of petty felony, .nd on account Of his youth or
dered by Judge Nisbet 10 bs indentured ,il he was
81 TO some person out Of the County of Baltimore,
tthiH tho limits Of tho State. lilo was bound to
Mr. w. III. Bird Of Ann Arundel Co. who with
IN few weeks past has applied to the Orphsns
Court OF that County, and obtained an additional
three years To he boys seryitufe, and permission
TO sell him for the remainder of his time-hya
yeas-om OF the State. A few days SINGS Bird
brought MIN 10 Baltimore and sold him TO a slave
dealer who has carried him South tis ale ed
e tar a' r the production ii toe boy, (which hs
cannot Of course do Row,) aud the cass viii DO
heard at a future time. Bird does not deny The
ling him osf q the State for tho remainder ot
his term Of yesrs, and produces the order Ct tho
Court fer what no has done.
This Gaze 10 not Ct itself 80 vastly important.
OF ly 80 tar - il will 70 H. test tho right OF Courts
to ecslsvo FREQ negroes but Is an illustration II
system practised here, which few porsons haya
any knowledge Of By the Peutentisry Lava Il
MARY sad, any 1fee nesrOe convicted OF an oifense,
for III, fr1 time, goes to the Penitebti,ry for
term ia sc ,ordance with the grade Of his crime
but /; convicted oil second oiienEe DO must he
s1'1 o7t Of the State for : term Of years la the
dlscr, ton OF the CCgt. At every term Of our
Court, irOs negroes sfe convicted OF secoId o.
fenses-it may be iorttesling loaiOf bread 10 APP
pesse the cravings cf hgngef-snd are cold, BY
order Of the Judges out OF tie STATE, TO- ) T. er
10 yfa-5, g IL ccse may be They ars bought
By slave dealers, who wili give Jlst as much thsy
Vere sold Z life, ana they Ats sent out oil ne
state for ile, tor have never yet Seen the man
VITO kew one Oh them 10 return The iav ADO
gives TO the officer who ARE -ts free neerO Tor
second ofense. should ne convicted proportion
Of the money Tor which he msy bo sold, as an L.
nd1cemeat Tor vigilance. And truly does this
res ard have lis efsct-sny negro who has ever
been Ia the Pen.tentsry 10 watched so that he
rarely fails 10 come beck for second ofeDse. and
In such csses the officer never fails Ia suicieDcy
OF conclusive evidence against BIN.
some persons may argus that is 10 q very God
plan 10 make Botany Bay Of the Southern
. ates, aud thus get rlS OF thieves bot II sbnuli
MT be forgotten that the negro 10 human. Tho
.w should sff0rd egHa! ja,tise to all. A negro ior
dsg-a white person may be- incarcera.ed tor a
few ye,ra, ard sgsn enjoy ali the privileges OF
citizenship. You may talk OF " liberty In May
land azure yoa IL scks one necessary AID
essential ingredient, Equal JusricE.