Case No. 7,285.

JENNY v. CRASE.

[1 Cranch, C. C. 443.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

July Term, 1807.

EQUITY PRACTICE—INJUNCTION—SLAVE.

An injunction to prevent a person from taking away a colored woman, who has sued for her freedom in this court, will not be granted upon a mere statement of the plaintiff's apprehension.

Bill for injunction to prevent the defendant [George Crase] from taking away the plaintiff [a negress] out of this county, until he appears and answers a suit at law to try the right of freedom. Injunction refused. Defendant not a resident of the county of Alexandria, nor of the District of Columbia.

The plaintiff merely states her apprehension.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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