Case Name: The State against William Laird
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1792-09
Citations: 1 N.J. (Manumission) 31
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State against William Laird.
Judges: 
Reporter: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey Relative to the Manumission of Negroes and Others Holden in Bondage
Volume: 1
Pages: 31–31

Head Matter:
The State against William Laird.

Opinion:
On Habeas Corpus of A'egro Rachel claiming her Freedom [The Writ returned and filed
THE Court taking into Confidcration this Cafe, and it appearing to depend on the Deciiion, in the Cafe of the State againfl: James Anderfon, on the Habeas Corpus of A'egro Silas, September Term, 1790, ordered, 1 hat the faid Negro Rachel be difeharged and entirely liberated from the Cnftcdy of the faid William Laird, on the Motion of the Attorney-General.