[268] Laws of Massachusetts, 1855, p. 924; 1858, p. 151.

[269] Laws of Michigan, 1855, p. 415.

[270] Laws of Maine, 1857, p. 38.

[271] Lalor, III. 162.

[272] Lalor, III. 162.

[273] Laws of Ohio, 1857, p. 170; 1857, p. 10.

[274] Lalor, III. 162.

[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.

[276] See ante, § [44.]

[277] Laws of Massachusetts, 1843, p. 33.