Jury instruction regarding Northwest Ordinance II

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“Jury Instruction Regarding Northwest Ordinance II”. Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850, 1850, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 4, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108512

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Filing Name: Jury instruction regarding Northwest Ordinance II
Description: Revised jury instruction regarding boundaries of free states defined in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, marked as given, refered to as Instruction B
Date: 1850-01-12
Court Term: November 1849
Is Part Of: Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850
Identifier: dre1850.0078.079
Case ID: ccr1849.0000.066
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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Transcription: > Legal Function: jury instructions

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> Document: Jury instructions re: testimony of Mrs. Samuel Russell

Dred Scott

vs ^ Given. ^

Irene Emerson

^ 14 illegible[?] ^ If the Jury believe from the evidence that that at any time after the 6th day of March 1820. the plaintiff was held in Slavery by the deceased Doctor Emerson, at Fort Snelling, or at any other place in the Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36 degrees & 30 minutes North latitude, not included within the limits of the State of Missouri, and that at the time he was So held in Slavery he was the Property of Said Emerson, then Said Plaintiff is entitled to his freedom — ^ ✓Given ^

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Dred Scott

vs.

Irene Emmerson

Instructions

marked “B”

Item sets: Dred Scott Collection; Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850