Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-22
CONNOLLY PRONOUNCED GUILTY.

The trial Of William NJ. Connolly was resumed
last week and after three or four days continuance
has resulted in q. verdict of Guilty, ss was Of
course to be expected. Judge Ssailo and Ex-Gov-
ernor Corwin did what they could for their client.
but without effect. We shall hereafter give some
extracts from Governor Corwin's Speech. We
give the points made by Judge Static after Mr..
Corwin had closed his remarks.
AT the opening Of the court ON Saturday. Judge
Stalo obtained permission Of the Court to speak
upon a point or two which he had been obliged,
when he addressed The Court before, to omit, be-
cause he he did not ind on the table the 7h Vol.
Of Ben Munroe's Reports. The District Attorney
claimed that the law Uf Kentucky alone could de
termine the status Of Irvine and Angelina ON the
day they escaped. lie should himself contend
that the case in 7 Ben Munrue, 80 fur from making
against the defence was u strong rock on which
they might base their case.
The opinion Of Judge Nelson in the bred Scott
case has been relied upon by the prosecutor. But
Nelson based his opinion on the ground shat the
status of all persons in the Slave States depend
upon the laws of those State,, and that those laws
had no extraiterritorial force.
Judge Stallo read from Judge Nelson's opinion
to show this point, and also from ! Ben Munroe,
635, to show that the Kentucky Cour Of Appeal
did not hold that a slave once free could ever lose
I that freedom. Nuw if the laws Of . State, the
a SShoao VI "o SoetI nav ho
a force, we were not only not bound 10 respsct, but
were positively bound to r~epudiate them in Ohio
Having looked into all the authorities he could
\ find since this case began, he felt able to say tina,
the great principle that a person once free always
remains 80, hnt never been shaken by any Court
from the time Of Magma ChaIta down.
v lie read from & Ohio Reports the decision Of
r Judge Brinkerhoff. in the case of Anderson vs.
q Poindexter Ell als., to show it rs the opinion o.
e the highest Court in Ohio, thut q slave sent oil
taken by his master to Ohio sis to all intents anc
' purposes whatsoever Free" So that as to tn,
status in Ohio of Irvine and Angelins Broadhu
: : there was not a particle of doubt.
The counsel also referred to Maria VS.. Kirby l.
Ben Munroe 5l2, and Ben Mercer VS.. Gilman !
Ben Munroe 2lO, in confirmation of the views b
had advanced, and asserted that if the laws Q
. Kentucky had no extra territorial force, and
" Irvine and Angelina were in such q status i
Ohio, that the Ohio Courts ought to step in All
= say-You are free, then the course Of his ellen
was not only Christian and humanitarian, but Wv
legally right. lie submitted the following poin,
which he should wish to have the Court prssei
to the jury:
"a /. The right to freedom is an inalineable RICH
'ae OF which no man in this country cnn be dives.o
% Utter he has once acquired il.
2. By the law Of Ohio, a slave, who comes I'M
:" Ohio. with the knowledge and consent Of his mn
. ter. even for q temporary and transient purpo.
y becomes absolutely free and no subsequebt r
:" turn Of the person 80 emancipated, whether w
In un'"'y y 'u.".uno'fy eau "sA'n Su'9ec' such pc
sou VII u mum. -, . !. sinsery. n
o u n'",u u p!o.'nce y ~ oour
~. I;,;nn of ali nersnns fon,d w;,b;n ,ho;r ;nr;sd;
Id ,;,n oocorji,, IN Ken,nckv I,w !, i. m H.. -
70. n,oy;ncs of onr Oh;n Can't. ~ d.ci.r. IT.,
,k tho condiri,n of nerson, ionnd in mr. STATE md,
&c onr lava. and wbeneyer tbs dec;.ion. ri ,o X ~
lucky Courts rs to the legal effect of bringing
nd slave lnto oh'o CONNECT win tue decisions OF Il
us oh,o courts ire '"'er must prevail.
us a If the jury find from the evidence that Irvir
b. Broadhus and Angelina Broadhus THE person
io' whom the defendant ia said to have harbored nn
concealed, had before the llth day Of June. 1856
come into Ohio with the consent of their masie
&C.. then said Irvine and Angelina Broadhus ha
he thereby become entitled to their freedom, an
NJ the jury must return q verdict Of acqui:tal.
"a. Uader tho present indictment the defeuda,
10. must be acquitted, unless i, te shown that ii
he alleged f~ugitives from labor. whom the defendal
ia said N have barbored and conce,IaJ wsrs n