THE SLAVE CASE.--On Monday last, after hearing the testimony in the Wilkes-Barre slave case, Judge Kane discharged the United States Officers from arrest for want of evidence that the Officers exceeded their duty.
Source: Unknown, "The Slave Case," The Luzerne Union, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wednesday, 17 May 1854, page 2, col. 3.
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