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Title: Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia
With a Statement of the Case, Extracted from the Records of the Supreme Court of the United States

Author: John Marshall

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Language: English

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MARSHALL IN THE CASE OF SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS
THE STATE OF GEORGIA***

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OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

AT JANUARY TERM, 1832,

DELIVERED BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.

IN THE CASE OF

SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, _Plaintiff in Error_,

_versus_

THE STATE OF GEORGIA

With a statement of the case, extracted from
the Records of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Printed from Authenticated Copies.
Washington:
Printed by Gales and Seaton.
1852.

OPINION, &c.

SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, _Plaintiff in Error_,

_vs._

THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

A writ of error was issued from the Supreme Court of the United States,
directed to "the honorable the Judges of the Superior Court for the
County of Gwinnett, in the State of Georgia," commanding them to "send
to the said Supreme Court of the United States, the record and
proceedings in the said Superior Court of the County of Gwinnet