[Footnote 256: Revised Laws of Indiana, 1824, p. 221.]
[Footnote 257: Laws of Connecticut, 1838, p. 32.]
[Footnote 258: Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1840, p. 13.]
[Footnote 259: Laws of New York, 1840, p. 174.]
[Footnote 261: Laws of Massachusetts, 1843, p. 33.]
[Footnote 262: Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1843, p. 11.]
[Footnote 263: Laws of Pennsylvania, 1847, p. 206.]
[Footnote 264: Acts and Resolves of Rhode Island, 1848, p. 12.]
[Footnote 265: Laws of Vermont, 1850, p. 9.]
[Footnote 266: Public Acts of Connecticut, 1854, p. 80.]
[Footnote 267: Laws of Rhode Island, 1854, p. 22.]
[Footnote 268: Laws of Massachusetts, 1855, p. 924; 1858, p. 151.]
[Footnote 269: Laws of Michigan, 1855, p. 415.]
[Footnote 270: Laws of Maine, 1857, p. 38.]
[Footnote 273: Laws of Ohio, 1857, p. 170; 1857, p. 10.]
[Footnote 275: 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.]
[Footnote 277: Laws of Massachusetts, 1843, p. 33.]
[Footnote 279: Parker, Personal Liberty Laws, 27.]
[Footnote 282: Parker, Personal Liberty Laws, 27; Laws of Massachusetts, 1855, p. 924; Appendix D, No. 60, case of William Johnson.]
[Footnote 283: Laws of Massachusetts, 1858, p. 151.]
[Footnote 284: Acts and Resolves of Maine, 1855, p. 207.]
[Footnote 286: Acts and Resolves of New Hampshire, 1857, p. 1876.]
[Footnote 287: Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1840, p. 13.]