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Burr's Case.
Superior Court of Delaware.
Jul 5, 1851.
Layton , for petitioner. Houston and Robinson , contra.
Published
The Court

discharged the petitioner, on proof that he did not come into the State after the passing of the act of 1851; and could not, therefore, be subject to its penalties.

The act must receive a strict, and not an enlarged construction beyond its terms, which are highly penal.

Petitioner discharged.