[230] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. II. pp. 104, 105.
[231] Laws of Maryland, 1715, Ch. XLIV. sec. 22.
[232] Ibid., 1717, Ch. XIII. sec. 2.
[233] Laws of Maryland, 1796, Ch. LXVII. sec. 5.
[234] Howell’s State Trials, Vol. XX. col. 82.
[235] See Harry v. Decker, Walker, Mississippi R., 42; Rankin v. Lydia, 2 A. K. Marshall, Kentucky R., 470.
[236] Barron v. Baltimore, 7 Peters, R., 243.
[237] Elliot’s Debates, II. 484, III. 211, IV. 223.
[238] Hoare’s Memoirs of Sharp, p. 38.
[239] Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 164.