[Footnote 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.] [Footnote 276: See _ante_, § 44.] [Footnote 277: Laws of Massachusetts, 1843, p. 33.] [Footnote 278: See _ante_, § 57.] [Footnote 279: Parker, Personal Liberty Laws, 27.] [Footnote 280: See _ante_, § 54.] [Footnote 281: See _ante_, § 55.] [Footnote 282: Parker, Personal Liberty Laws, 27; Laws of Massachusetts, 1855, p. 924; Appendix D, No. 60, case of William Johnson.] [Footnote 283: Laws of Massachusetts, 1858, p. 151.] [Footnote 284: Acts and Resolves of Maine, 1855, p. 207.] [Footnote 285: Ibid., 1857, p. 38.] [Footnote 286: Acts and Resolves of New Hampshire, 1857, p. 1876.] [Footnote 287: Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1840, p. 13.] [Footnote 288: Laws of Vermont, 1843, p. 11.] [Footnote 289: Ibid., 1850, p. 9.] [Footnote 290: Acts and Resolves of Rhode Island, 1848, p. 12.] [Footnote 291: Laws of Rhode Island, 1854, p. 22.] [Footnote 292: Laws of New York, 1840, p. 174.] [Footnote 293: Laws of Pennsylvania, 1847, p. 206.] [Footnote 294: Laws of Ohio, 1857, p. 170.] [Footnote 295: Laws of Ohio, 1858, p. 10.] [Footnote 296: Laws of Michigan, 1855, p. 415.] [Footnote 297: Lalor, III. 162.] [Footnote 298: Hurd, Law of Freedom and Bondage, II. 763; Von Holst, IV. 551; Parker, Personal Liberty Laws.] [Footnote 299: Phillips, No Slave Hunting in the Old Bay State; Phillips, Argument against repeal of Personal Liberty Law; Pierce, Personal Liberty Law, 4; Johnson, Speech on Personal Liberty Law, New York, 1861.] [Footnote 300: 36 Cong. 2 Sess., Congressional Globe, Appendix, 2.] [Footnote 301: Lalor, III. 162.] CHAPTER VI. _THE END OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE QUESTION (1860-1865)._