IMPORTANT JInIGIlL BECIN0N.
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The Tnielllreuccr gives tho result Of the case
of Edward PrIgg, IS. the State Of Peunsy IvanIa,
! lst decided IN he Supreme Court OF the United
States. No more important decision has been
made for some inc, and we regret that the decIs


ION is not given at length The facts Of the case
are thus stated by the National IntcIllgcnccr.
"Cnnsldcrlnp the decision not only important
Ia itself. but fully bearing us ont IN recommend


ing an appeal to the law by individuals whose
cases particular States have of late taken into
their own hands, we proceed briefly to state the
case above referred 10 understand 1t.


''At the Court Of Over and Termncr for York
county, Pennsy yIvania, April term, 1893, Edward
Pngg, (wth others) was Indicted under statute
of Pennsylv ania OF the year 1876. for aPprehrn-
ding and carrying the State Of Mary land
gro woman, claimed as slave, with the intention
10 hold or tc sell said person slave for life,
which, by that statute, Is made a felony, punish
able by a fine Of not less than five hundred
more than a thousand dollars, md moreover by
imprisonment at hard labor for not less than
ven nor more than twenty one years. the same
statute aoouuds in penal enacments for corFca>
tive offences.


Upon this Indictment Pfcg tried, and
special verdict returned BY the iiry, finding the
fao,s that the person uPprehended had come into
Pennsylvania some time IN ls32; that at that
time and long before, she had been a slave for
life under the laws Of NarylandsGo citizen Of
that State, that Prog was duly and legally CON
situted the agen; Of SAID citizen to apprehend
the abscondng slave, and did apprehend and car
~ her back into MARYLAND to her owner-and
prayina the direction Of the Court as 10 the Ia
Of the case. Upon this verdict, pro forna
Judgment was gwen for the Commonwealth j.
ganst Pricg, and the case being carried up to the
Supreme Court Of the State Of Pennsy ylyania. the
Judgment of The Court below was there affirmed. ,


"An a ppeul to the Supreme Court of The Uni-
ted States was taken by Jonathan Meredith and
John Nelson, Esquires, Commissioners and Coun-
sellors Of the State of Maryland


..The Judgment Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States Is, that the act # the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania upon which this case Is
founded IS repuGnant to the Constitution cf tie
United States, and therefore, roid.