Holt, CJ You should have averred in the declaration, that the sale was in Virginia, and, by the laws of that country, negroes are saleable; for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia, being a conquered country their law is what the King pleases... Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Sivu 1711895Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| George Bancroft - 1852 - 502 sivua
...x. » Bayard's Trial at New York, king governs by his prerogative ;"1 and Sir John Holt had said, " Virginia being a conquered country, their law is what the king pleases." But when, in 1711, New York, during the administration of Hunter, was left without a revenue, the high... | |
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