Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-02-09
(wm. Beckley is a light colorod mu.

Mr., JolliGo stated that Bcckley was q citizen Of
Ohio, and II voter.
Commissioner Pendery said. after talking aside
to the Marshal. that 10 prevent trouble the Marshal
would servo these ~subpenaes, and he (the Com
missioner) would pay the fees out of his own
pocket.
MIR. Jollihe-"Ohn no, you shan't do that"
The Marshal then took the subp@naes to serve.
Mr.. Jollifo then desired the warrant to be
amended as to the fugitive named in it rs young
Simon. His name was not Simon, but Robert
Garner.
Mr.. JolliGe then moved that this prosecution be
%quashed, on the ground that the warrant had no
seal upon it. 1t had in its place simply q scroll,
made with n pen, and the word seal written there.
Commissioner Pendery said he thought when he
undertook the business of issuing the warrant he
knew what he was about.
Mr.. Jollife then moved a continuance, to allow
them to get the witnesses in behalf Of Robert Gar
ner.
Commissioner Pendery decided that there was
no cause for continuance on that accout; and that
the case must be proceeded with.
TESTIMONY FOR THE CLAIMANT.
James Cor5in-Am acquainted with James
Marshall; he lives in Boone county, Kentucky;
know Simon Garner, 1.-THE colored man there, the
the oldest of the two;) he belongs to Mr.. Marshall;
have known him for thirty years; he sold him to
Anderson about twenty-four years ago, and prom
ised Simon that when he got able he'l buy him
back; Anderson kept him till last spring, when Mr..
Marshall bought Simon back from the widow, Mr..
Anderson having died; he had lived with a nephew
most of the time.
Young Simon belongs to Mr.. Marshall; have
known him ever since he was born, and have
never heard him called by any other name. l
know Mary Garner, she belongs to James Mar
shall; | last saw them at Mr.. Marshalrs farm two
weeks ago.
Cross examined-Do not know how long it is
since Geo. Anderson, died; l think he left no broth
ers or sisters, or children; do not know who were
his heirs at law.
Thomas Marshall being sworn said; I know
James Marshall. Have known Simon Garner, 1.-THE
fugitive there since my father bought him in
April last. Have known young Simon, ever since
I can r~ccollect l was raised with him. Know
Mary Garner. These persons owed service to Mr..
Marshall, under the law of Kentucky. l saw old
Mary and old Simon, in Kentucky, on Sunday
evening. Young Simon l saw there on Friday
night; the old folks were at my brothers, and
young Simon at my fathers, they escaped last Sun
day night. | next saw them by the lTomilton and
Dayton depot, after they were caught last Monday.
About ) weeks before last Christmas | started from
my fathers to go to Arkansas for a gentleman,
young Simon went with me to Covington, we got
there on Wednesday evening; | had little diff
Guilty with the gentleman and returned home;
crossed from Covington to Cincinnati on that occa-
sion; young Simon did not cross with me; did not
see him in Cincinnati then; If he was there l do
not know it; I crossed about the middle of the
day did not pay ferriage for myself and Simon.
/ lett Simon hired to Mr.. Ellison in Covington.
have not said in the hearing of Mr.. George
Guilford til at Simon had often been in Cincinnati;
did not tell him so in the U. S. Marshals sffce
on the day they were arrested; did not hear these
people saw to Mr.. James Elliott that they had often
been in Ohio. (Mr. Elliot was pointed out to
witness.) He said he had never seen him. The
Language the witness used was: l know not the
man." Mr.. Guilford was pointed out to him
and he denied having spoken tG him IN the Mar
shaPs office; was not an agent Ter his father IN
general, was only sent after these negroes.
G.. w, Marshall-Am a nephew of Mr. Marshall
who claims these negroes.
James Marshall never told him that young
Simon had killed hogs for HIN in Cincinnati. james
Marshall was not in the habit Of bringing his boys
over to this side when he brought hogs over. Re
examined-Never knew of any of these people ever
being in the State of Ohio by their masters per-
mission. Never knew them to be here at all until
this time.
W. B. Murphy, 1.-THE Major Murphey who as,
sisted to make the arrest was called and sworn
Said l know these people as the slaves of Mr..
Marshall. They were Mr.. Marshall's property by
the laws of Kentucky.
Question by Mr.. Jollife-Was any one muir.
dered during the arrest? Objected to by Coz.
Chambers-he did not wish to go into all those
fancy matters.
Mr.. Jollife. reulied that the fact he intended to
bring out, was that the mother of these children,
frantic, at the time Of the arrest, had murdered
one Of her children, IA little girl) rather than have
it taken back into slavery. He did not regard this
as a fancy natter as Col, Chambers termed it.
The Court rejected the question, when Mr..
Jollife put it in another form.
Col. Chamber thought this was trifing with the
dignity Of the Court. Commissioner Pendery
said the Court, understood how to maintain its
own dignity. and would ask Mr.. Jollife what OBJ
ject he had in proving the fact of the death Of the
child.
Mr.. JoLLIFFE's REMARKS,
Mr.. Jollife replied that he intended on the
final argument of this case, not only to allege, but
to demonstrate conclusively to the Court; that the
Fugitive Slave Law was unconstitutional and as
part and parcel of that argument, he wished to
show the effect of carrying it out. That it had
driven a frantic mother to murder her own child,
rather than sec it carried back to the seething hell
Of American slavery. (uere loud bursts Of APP
piause from the multitude effectual!y drowned for
a moment the marshal's cries Of 'order, order. ")
This law was of such a character that its execution
required human hearts to be wrung and human
blood to De split.
The Constitution expressly declared that Con
gress should pass no law prescribing any form OF
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