The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-23
From the Bali. San, 18Th inst.
Contracts Of Hire Of Free Negroes 7Ju-
q dicial Decisions.

I'M {he qliminA ii Court ON Saturday a
Ahsit- ofhabeas corpus, sued out by-John
Fl. Ing, Esq counsel for Frances Skin
ner, colored, te7libsJ4te him from Jail,
was heard and determined. The case
rsFoss under article Scot the Coaeof Pub
JIG General Lawssof WHICH sections 85,
81 and 50 are as follows: - " \
aS5. If any free negro shall contract in
writing to hire to any white person for a
year GofI less tiino, for certain Wages, and
shall afterwards refuse to enter into the
service of such person, and shall hire to
another rperseps the person first hiring said
negro may recover from the said negro,
..hefors..a justice of the peace, .twoG fths of
the amountsoff Eagssjcaq tHlaaesed to be paid
by the person so first hiring-which judgi
sident shall Be ., lien op the wages id the
shahds of the person in whose service he
may be engaged, from the time notice Of
Such Judgment Shall be given to sale, per-
sod, and shall BE paid wien due, and may
be recovered before any justice IF thhespea!c|e4
as com mon debts arc '.''.' ~ ~ ''''' -,
-o'at87." The provisions Of section S. shall
dsPply q cases Of verbal hiring BY free
negro and the receipt by him Of portion
f'his Wages 'insadvance aud proof Of Tie
said hiring and payment Of the mohey by
the. oath Of the employer, ana the evil
dence OF some other person 70 inc niring'
snail constitute t prma II iacle case case Of 81 mr.
ing. ..,.,,r.. .i,f,, ,i,o7na.,q, .,,3 1,i
o9 II any Tree negro I shaA leave the
SERVE service Ct his employer after judgment
rendered against MIN, as provlue'al F 'otll q
tnls arnc,e, o. snall lali q le,9rn 70 sucn
sSerNvlce, F"e employer may take POSSESSION
him in the public jail for D. period not ex-
iceeding one week at any tine-aud may
exercise all the power Over him That mas
ter may over his free negro apprentice,
and the expense Of such arrest and in
prisonmeut may be deducted from the VA
ges of such negro, &c "'', ,.. '}"''''- =.
$50 provides that justice Of the peace,
on application Of the employer, shall issue
his warrant to any constable Of tie .eooa,-
II for The arrest Of any negro under the
H..
b fTnder? the! above "r provisions IF law,
Messrs, Robinson & Sons recovered d
Judgment before justice ID hal en- against
SKINNER lot elo' iost tlme, ANA feq1 1oeg
Sa;I SGtso "s ~. ILL., ;tj, ;i
tla.it. at;os Sst5t 800 lA,%i.. go"
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y. . IN 49, pssi .a II ~ aoolHi
raj law 'by the codlkers without authority;
also, that BY the rules Of Interpretation
enacted iii the code, "the word scouatv'
shall be construed to include the, city Of
Baltimore, unless such construction would
be unreasonable,n In this case such con-
struction auas unreasonable also, that On
its face the commitment was defecatii1ve' in
not speccifyfing the time Of iii III prsonmeInnt
% The court granted the writ of hab'es;as
corpus, and the prisoner (Skinner) was
discharged from Jail. 'h'@'" ''' gus
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partmentd tine Gafss'issued iaa'ofder on
the Sthanst', lin, which heIsays :li2I'Q
.9'AIl persons hereafter arriving i'm hhis
department., from beyond the lines of the
nrsn ..IEp nl1l utaI. 49,