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| | Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey; relative to the manumission of Negroes |
 | | The Court do adjudge that the said Negro Joe is illegally detained in the Custody of the said Joshua Farley, and therefore do order him to be discharged from the said Custody and illegal Detention of him the said Joshua Farley, on the Motion of Elisha Boudinot. |
 | | THE Court having fully heard the Allegations and Proofs of all Parties, and the Arguments of Counsel thereon ; it appeared to the Court, that the said Negroes brought up on the said Writ, were in the Year 1776, the Slaves of William Winds, Esq. |
 | | The Court therefore having maturely considered the Premises, are unanimously of Opinion, That the said Negroes and every of them, be discharged from the Custody of the said Abraham Probasco as free Citizens, and they are hereby discharged accordingly, on Motion of Mr. |
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