New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-28
A NOT fER IN PRISON FOR ArTskff-
'E9G TO FREE HER CHILDREN.
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4 GnnAsrows, Is, eek sa Co., KY. hs<cs !. 1872.
1 Your readers, no doubt, reGeSnbsr socoa ,ts gvS
about the middle OF last October Of the ssrcx u
colorsd WOMAN, juliet, who some years since wx pr
cAssei BY the Rev. JOAN G. Fee Of bis fs.her yess
Fee. for the parpcee Of EberSias her, which no ~
fopa serse OF gratitude abe hsyrs been bis nurse =
infancy ard having often Graded him in her srsss
while child. Abos four yssrs since sue removed 10
Ohio. sixteen miles from her old home. Her yoas,,es
chikreo. four in number born ater ser hb,rssios ss
tool With hsr 10 Ohio, bot she lef tee cbibAss ~
"a. ichilstsn sin in booSsge. Thee. sas resc'v 70
make desperate .foit TO s.ceem, "a 'hs Was t& &
pec.i,r he yo.sgsst son OF John Fee who was 30
| ire his father &c return to his home In New-ou
1 and t.ls some OF the slave children With him 8. +,
made tAs attempt ard dared to tysmps uader oc tss
slave code Of our Stsss ard dss inactmSsf mas a.
attempted TO eniiee swsy certs,r slays properly
John Fee In proof az this ara IS tes coei witnesses
| sgspst her, sppeslJf Two msc-Jeba Ander'cs ~
VIM Chstsant.
TIE street. was made "a the 18th OF rs. Octstx. Ct
which time wsrrsn. W. served on her, vhsroia -
vas charged with enflcDg or s,temrteg to en<sde
away ten slSvss the property Of john Fec and o,sss
sad fahpg to furnish the REQUESTS security t$5Vl, -
| was thrown into jail. Al the end OF three ussks.
fiisojs made eos and prepared to Asr by CIV
ing The required bail bolds. person wa seat to ths
county seat TO have the business arranged and vssls
her counsel in presence OF the County Judge VA prs
pairing and securing the necessary papers, a oteioxs
pettiocger came H. snd seems what was es,ng %.
procured slip OF paper, wen. out, but soon reta ~
and gave smother warrant to an officer prssea. 10
serve on her ss soon IS the Jsdye shoald PrVRosacs
her at hbe1y.
Now it sppea rs that four OF tho ten slSyes dsuxs
ter ard three grandchildren wers held bys msn N
hssor, an adjoining County. As s0oo s. the judge
ced Der at liberty, the officer stepped up aAi
read the new warrant, which foT toe four slave
claimed in Msson County. Her COUNSEL objected, o.
he ground tho; she had gwen bail sor the whole tes.
ana slso, rs the warrant claimed, chat The otfsnss
was committed in Mason County-thst the Court had
no jurisdiction over the case Bat the judge, in the
face o these facts and in defiance Of the ss rsmssds&
her to jail under The Lac. warrant, to await hearing
ON Monday morning il then being late saturday mig s-
On Monday she was brought out sgs.n for eIsn.as-
ton. Meantime, another wursrt still rad been pre-
pare in which che vas charged with enac ga~aytvs
slaves of the tep Charles srd Dim property OF JoAa
Fee which WAS served on her, and she was Required
to give bail to the amount Of 81 ,O0O Tho next day.
Tuesday the warrant was taken up which had bcss
served on the SATURDAY nkht Previous au n0@otroS
of some preteusions who conducting the prosen-
ton, assured the Judge that it was Illegal and OF No
force. This which her counsel had insisted on %
Saturday night the Judge now ready TO acknest-
edge as the correct view of the Gaze aud accordingly
the warrant WAS Get aside. Another warrant was thee
served in which she charged with being found %
the bank of the Ohio River at Rock Spring in Brschss
County, Kentucky in possession Of four slaves Ne
property Of Elijah Currsns Of Mason County Ky. De
tins warrant bail was required to tho amount of $50.
As it impossible to find bail fof so large an sms1sf
a. was required under both warrants she was aooosd-
ngly remsrded to JAIL where she hes snos been await
Ing her trial. till the 80 i,st.
On that dsy che again brought before the Court
to be tried for violation Of the laS, the penalty q
which is Imprisonment in tho Penitsutisy net tass
than two nor more than five years. The Jury made
short work OF it. They out bat twenty mia'ss,
when they returned to their seats, and prcoouaoed
verdict of GUILTY, and she sentenced TO three
years imprisonment. And this eXpiAton TO the out
ragged law Of Kentucky che must mskc for sndeavorss
TO free tao Of her children from Slavery
a LOyKK or LIBERTY