Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey; relative to the Manumission of Negroes and others holden in bondage
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IN THE SAME TERM OF
April, 1789,

([Minutes,] p.438.)

The STATE against JOHN LEIGHTON.

On Habeas Corpus of Negro Lydia Reap, returnable the first Day of this Term.

The Court order an Attachment against the said John Leighton, for contempt in not returning the said Writ of Habeas Corpus, agreeably to the Command hereof, and for divers Expressions made use of by him reflecting on the Authority of this Court and its process, on Motion of Mr. Attorney-General.