New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-15
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Mr.. COFFIN free Soiler of Otsego Co. intro
duced the following bill into the Assembly on
Friday Of last week:
AN ACT to prevent the the removal Of free ciu'
Of this State beyond its Jurisdiction, except for
SECTION l. Any person who shall arrest or at.
tempt to arrest, cause TO be arrested or aid IN
arresting or attempt to arrest any free citizen Of
this State with intent to have such citizen re-
moved against his will beyond the jurisdiction OF
this State, who shall remove, or aid directly or
indirectly in removing any such citizen against
bis will beyond the jurisdiction of this State, shall
be deemed guilty of kidnapping, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by imprisonment In the
State Prison for a term not exceeding ten years,
and shall also be liable in civil action to the
party arrested, attempted to be arrested or re-
moved as aforesaid for the damages sustained by
reason of such arrest or removal or attempted ar
rest or removal as aforesaid.
SEC 3 Any person who shall have openly and
publicly resided in this State for one year preced-
ing such arrest or removal, attempted arrest or
removal aforesaid, shall in all Courts and places
be deemed, and held to be, free citizen OF this
State within the true intent and meaning of the
act, until the contrary is proved, as provided in
the next section.
SEC 3. Onthe trial of any Indictment found un.
der this act, or of any civil action given by this
act, the defendant may prove that the person
chargedto have been arrested or removed, or at
tempted to have been arrested OF removed as
afore said was not in fact freeman entitled to
come and reside in this STATE; and if the Jury
shall be satisfied thereof they shall acquit the de-
Pendants but no warrant, order, process or certih-
cate, issued or made by any Court or officer and
no ex.parte affidavit deposition record shall be
received or admitted in evidence to establish the
right to arrest or remove the person charged TO
have been arrested or removed or TO prove that
such person was not free citizen of this State,
within the true intent and meaning of this act.
SEC 4. Indictments may be found under this
act in the county where the ofense shall have
been committed, or in any couRty into or through
which any free citizen so arrested, as aforesaid,
shall have been taken or carried.
SEC 5. This act shall not apply to the case OF
persons arrested attempted to be arrested Orre-
moved from beyond the jurisdiction OF this State,
on q charge of treason felony or other crime, or to
cases of the arrest or removal OF persons belonging
to or employed in the Army or Navy of the United
States.
Mr.. A. THOMPSON objected to the introduction
of this bill as calculated TO open discussion in re-
gard to Slavery and as in direct collision with the
Constitution of the United States After brief
discussion the question was taken on the introduce
ton of the bill, which was carried lo4 to 10. The
following are the names OF the members who
voted in the negative:
Messrs II. J. Aren Barnes, Beknap, Bird, Bishop,
RIackstone Bovine, g. Clark Dewey French, W 5. Greg
orv Greene Robinson. w. +. Russell, Ryan Sherman,
sickle. Swords A. A ThOmpsOn-l9