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ABLEMAN v. BOOTH

62 U.S. 506 (1858)

21 How. 506

STEPHEN V.R. ABLEMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SHERMAN M. BOOTH AND THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SHERMAN M. BOOTH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

They were argued by Mr. Black (Attorney General) for the plaintiffs in error, no counsel appearing for the defendant.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error in the first of these cases is the marshal of the United States for the district of Wisconsin, and the two cases have arisen out of the same transaction, and depend, to some extent, upon the same principles. On that account, they have been argued and considered together; and the following are the facts as they appear in the transcripts before us:

Sherman M. Booth was charged...

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