On the trial of this cause it was proved on the part of the plaintiff that one Winne mother of the said plaintiff was carried into the now State of Il-linois between twenty and thirty years since by the said defendant and her husband: when and where the said Winne was by them heldin slavery during the space of three or four years; that at the end of said time of three or four years the said Phebe with her said husband removed to the now State of Missouri carrying the said Winne with them in which last mentioned place the said Winne has been held in slavery even since such removal; and that said plaintiff was born after such residence of the said Winne in the now State of Illinois as aforesaid. The counsel for the defen-dant then required the Court to instruct the jury that a residence in the then North West territory (now Illi-nois) as above mentioned did not render the said Winne free under and in virtue of the ordinance of Con-gress of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven for the government of the territory of the United States North West of the river Ohio ; which instruction the Court refused; but changed the jury that said ordinance did in law set the said Winne free, if it should appear to the satisfaction of the jury that the said defendant and her then husband resi-ded there (in Illinois ) with intent to make that territory the home of themselves and of the said Winne To this opinion of the Court delivered to the jury the Coun-sel for the defendant excepted and prayed the Court to sign and seal a bill of exceptions taken thereto which is done accordingly in open Court this tenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.