Note 275 — Chapter V · PERSONAL LIBERTY LAWS.
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The following tabulation shows the provisions of the personal liberty laws as distributed among the States:— Judges and justices forbidden to take cognizance. Massachusetts, 1843; Vermont, 1843; Connecticut, 1838; Rhode Island, 1854; Maine, 1855; Pennsylvania, 1847. Writ of habeas corpus. Massachusetts, 1855; Michigan, 1855; Maine, 1857; Connecticut, 1838 and 1844. Jury trial. Indiana, 1824; New York, 1840; Vermont, 1840, 1850, and 1858; Connecticut, 1838; Michigan, 1855; Massachusetts, 1855. Use of jails forbidden. Massachusetts, 1843 and 1855; Vermont, 1843 and 1858; Pennsylvania, 1847; Rhode Island, 1848; Maine, 1855; Michigan, 1855; Ohio, 1857. Attorneys employed to defend fugitives. New York, 1840; Vermont, 1840; Massachusetts, 1855; Maine, 1857. False testimony punished. Connecticut, 1838 and 1844; Michigan, 1855. Admission of national officers. Connecticut, 1838 and 1844; Vermont, 1844; Maine, 1855; New Hampshire, 1857.