The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-30

4ee 6GaAe. do isvest VIII fteedsn. he read the
deotsion OF Judge Reid In tho Hobbies case, 10 that
| eject.
p. Ynn then said hat Mr.. JoIife had been Obliged
t. rotire in Consequence Of Illness sad hsA requested
hin TO urge the Count 70 continue tho case and pro-
ceedeNt 10 sho y reasons Why continuation should
10 srsnted Decisions averse to that Of Judge Reid
had been made La this State, and numerous ones in
other state&, The case was . very important ono,
involving nn,oted question, about which there were
adverse decisis0s. a-. 4 ., f..
After considerable conversation between him and
Judge Keys, about theAe decisions and their bear
nes, Mr.. linn urged the Court to oonsidsr the case.
Mr.. FIinn-Tbe case wiz be decided tonight; that
ia determined on. We have not been sitting here
four or five hours to determine whether We will de-
eide tho case or not. IL will be decided, and you
may come up 10 1t sideways or square, or any way
you please--you must come TO it.
Mr. linn said no WA not going to argue. He
bad made the request out OF courtesy to profes.
sional brother and should not enter the merits Of
the case. He doubted the power Of the Court to de-
liver the boy into slavery. 1t ought to go fore
United States officer.
Judge Finn do not wish to hear any arguments
Of that nature. If this Court makes decision, it
will see II carried out
The counsel having nothing moro to say,
Judge Finn then said the case came before the court
on case OF habeas corpus. Both parties had said
they were ready and he said if he commenced it, he
should decidebefo adjourning. What was the cases
The boy was taken Oh board the boat in Virginia. in
custody OF the agent, and the captain Of the beat
oBEteS ~ ldho hlm W OalIU. lie IurtQer agrees,
when be reaches Cincinnati, TO land the boy at Gov
ngton. Arriving here, he found it impossible SO 10
do and he lauds ON tho Ohio shore, the boat being
about forty feet from the line. BY the advice OF some
passengers, the agent takes the boy on the Ohio
shore, takes Linn TO the ferry boat and carries him
to COving.on; keeps him there over night; return
him to day at the appointed hour for starting Whe
again on board the boat the writ is served and til
boy brought before the court. The question is does
this particular landing give the boy his freedom 2
The authorities read by the counsel Of the boy all
related to States which had local law on the sub
iect, and ON them the decision was based. We had
no statute on the subject and, Of course, must not
look to the decision Of those States which had
statutes the subject We do not sit hereto make
new relation between these partiea-we merely wish
to inquire what the relation between'them Is. The
case did not come within the acknowledged princi-
ple-that voluntary bringing Of slave to fire
Lipsey, the agent, CONTRARY to the command Of
the owner, had brought the slave here-would that
have conferred freedom Saffon, the captain of the
boat, had done 30. Neither of these cases would
treated az case OF ordinary escape. The law was
not trap, It must DO interpreted by thearnoiples
of common sense. The agent was compelled by the
force OF circumstances to bring the boy the Ohio
shore--it was not voluntary act None OF the
read by counsel for the slave were analogous to
this. We have decision of our own courts very
analogous to 1.-THE decision Of Judge Reed, and by
that the boy must be remanded to the care Of the
agent Of his master The Of the law that brought
hun here is strong enough TO take him back. There
Court was, that he be remanded to the custody Of
the agent and placed on board the boat,
An order to this effect was placed in the hand d
! tie sberiff.
bill Of exceptions to the decision in the case q
the child, and also in this case was then fled By
| the counsel for the slaves.
The court adjourned and the boy was conducted
| TO tue boat by the sheriff.