Queen v. Neale
3 H. & J. 158 (1810)
APPEAL from Charles County Court. This was a petition for freedom; and under the act of 1804, ch. 55, s. 2, the petitioner, (now appellant,) exhibited her affidavit, stating that she believed she could not have a fair and impartial trial in that court, and by her counsel moved the court to direct that the record and proceedings should be removed as
directed by the above mentioned act; but the court, [Clarke, A. J.] overruled the motion. The petitioner excepted. The case was afterwards tried, and the verdict and judgment being for the defendant, the petitioner appealed to this court.
Appellate Court Records:
COURT OF APPEALS (Docket, Western Shore) Queen v. Neale, 1810, December Term, no. 172, MdHR 588 [MS S414-3, 1/669/14/021].
COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Western Shore) Queen v. Neale, 1810, December Term, no. 172, MdHR 683-363 [MSA S382-132, 1/62/14/003].
COURT OF APPEALS (Judgment Record, Western Shore) Queen v. Neale, 1810, December Term, no. 172, Liber TH 9, p. 259-264 [MSA S420-9, 1/66/11/017].
Appellate Judges:
Jeremiah Townley Chase;
John Buchanan;
Joseph Hopper Nicholson;
Richard Tilghman Earle;
Appellate Attorneys:
Francis Scott Key (appellant);
Clement Dorsey (appellee);
Henry Henly Chapman (appellee)
Trial Court Judges:
John Mackall Gantt;
Edmund Key;
Daniel Clarke
Trial Court Attorneys:
Gerard N. Causin (Queen);
Clement Dorsey (Neale)
See also:
COURT OF APPEALS (Docket, Western Shore) Nancy Queen and children v. Rev. Charles Neale, et al., 1815, May Term, no. 13, MdHR 598 [MSA S414-6, 1/66/14/024].
COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Western Shore) Nancy Queen and children v. Rev. Charles Neale, et al., 1815, May Term, no. 13, MdHR 683-363 [MSA S382-132, 1/62/14/003.
The matter of the petitions of freedom on behalf of the Queen family rise to the level of the Supreme Court. See the web site devoted to the Queen and Duvall families, O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D. C., Law and Family Project. Note that the cases drawn from Maryland Court records are not fully nor correctly cited.
See: Schweninger Collection,
* COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Western Shore) S382-132 No. 13 Mary Queen and children vs. Rev. Charles Neale May 1815 MSA SC 4239-3-24.
* COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Western Shore) S382-132 No. 172 Nancy Queen vs Rev. Charles Neale Dec. 1810 MSA SC 4239-3-25
1) COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Western Shore) No. 13, Mary Queen and children vs. Rev. Charles Neale: record 3 July 1811. Charles County woman s\writes "...your Petitioner and her two children Charles and Elizabeth are entitled to their freedom being descended through the Female line from a white woman that she your petitioner, and her children are unjustly held in slavery by one Charles Neal of Charles County agent for the Corporation of the Roman Catholic clergymen in the State of Maryland" Judgment affirmed nisi May Term 1815 [Docket]. msa_s382_132, MdHR 683-363
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2)COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments, Western Shore) No. 172, Nancy Queen vs. Rev. Charles Neale: appeal 30 June 1810; court's opinion, n. d.; rough draft of record,n.d.; record of court of appeals 17 December 1810. Charles County woman seeks freedom; Judgment affirmed December Term 1810 [Docket], msa_s382_132, MdHR 683-363.
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