The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-20
Indiana Courts upon the Rights OF Negroes o
RaIlrCuus.

Indiana Courts upon the Rights OF Negroes Oh
Railroads.
The regulations of the jeff rson Railway Company,
requiring coioreo persons TO produce violence of
their freedom befoIe travelling on their road, has
provoked much excited discussion. We quote as
iollows:--
CLARK CIRCUIT Counr, November Term, 1854
Submitted upon an sgrsed statement of facts
Opinion by Judge BIckneli.
Obadiah Bnckner, Us. Js6ess0nriile Railroad Com
Tdny.-la this csse tie plaintiff, bsiDg coi0red
person." applied for. and offered TO pay for, pas
sage al deltnoants carr; defer dan refused to carry
him uplt s. lie would produce evidenc, of his free
dom. The hlolLtiff, III q suit before Justice Of
the Peace, recovered twsnty dollars damages for
the rtiusal, AID tie defendant appealed 70 this
court.
The defendant is authorized to pass all by.la 20
which she nay deem JecesssIy Ia her business not
tP0glans 10 th3 ct Institution o. the United States,
o. ~ Iroiaba; aud 6t The tire q. the plaintiffs de.
maid, ~ hgd o. law declaring ~ 1t the Oyduc
trs Ga ibe al shoHld cot AIRY colored persons
urhss IEc~I ID lie nee Riway c1mpa4ies az
ctmnth cares vi passengers, ala in gsns al are
ttphd TO tafiy Eli sob'a persons, o. civil eemeair
wto Wi pa heir tale, ard will comply win the
tthhoDabie regulations Of the crnipspy.
Tie qp,st'oD in ibis suit is is t.e by law AOre
saic reas, enable r-gulas,Ul?
'Ceior- sisocs" are per 'ops having enough NE
gro b.o,G II, D wi.in the oisaolioi.s val IA are
'setsc u tss, bl Cd, by tie lava Of Indiana. A
lego siI'r s.fe: b. csErot BE- d clizen Of tni
cta't, ~ co; iuuoa d,clsNa tbat q fors Ign osgrl
such htslo are vtid, .rd that be Cannot be employ
90 IL " oisps Except 1Dcer psnaiss. A person
having Ost-slstla or more Of negro blood cannot be
SIZES IN cases In which q "hi.e Ian IL con-
ctJLed.
The revision ere mat rial 10 the determination
of tie one mas - thls auis. iuic may be reason
able sLtn ruch lews exist. @h,nr would not be rea-
0Dsb where Tbs Law N ,kts distinction between
re FACES. Tue court IL bound, wha.ever may be
he cp1i & IL judge VI 10 tbs humanity o. poll
cy Of such Laws, nor merely to nturce them Ill t1e
pI olel CASES but 10 co,sictr tfi, fpuit lutsn
iob wieIe III colat ral -lters. Slice, by the law
OF lDcala such jnfsms attaches to eg b.0od has
clo cd pets caniot be .tcei:ed II the courts of
JusH ulrIe xbi5e nan IS cones RED, It would
seen, that con mon csiyir OF passengers "
ably Nfuse tn ca ~ sny coio;eJ persons il toe
cars Ia Which lite nr ar car led. IL would also
s. In lbs, thc1 on ar les nigbs re ssonab.y
fuse, IL st ats ito sucn q combination ours 10
cary eaB IN separate cars aDy celored perso5s ex-
q ~ such suonld sh lemse YES law nj resie3
OF Tie s'sts.
BIT re sy-Isw In qus elton l. less exclusive tdan
this; II tx III those cclos ysrs only waD re-
fuss 10 III lib evidence II sce freedom. Ia this
Stsst unger cur laws, ] I ink his feaso abie
y cuia'Up. wiz which the plrn'iG ought to b we
cnni, LED. ibs 0-ienosIt IL certainly not bouns Ia
ctplyteia LAY SAVES; au1 rlshnuyt the legal pre-.
suuItoa IL shat all persots are ire, yet the fact
bup ths. some eoioIea Prisons ire Lot free, t. l.
iabl tn~' tie mater sh,ud ~ settled In eagn
a. be ,irne the colofsd person applies for hs
sea-. I'm therefore OF opinion :tas the plailtiff
10 ~ csuss al scriCn that the judgLsDs CT zee
IT, i 90 cIld b. ltysIscd.