"He who stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death." Judge Grier had helped a gang of thieves to steal Jerry, whose ancestors had been stolen in Africa.

The original thief sold all he could sell--the title of a thief--and as the stream cannot rise above the fountain, Jerry's master held the same title to him that any man would to Judge Grier's horse, provided he had stolen it.

The purchaser of a stolen horse acquired no title in him, and the purchaser of a stolen man acquired no title in him.

The man who helped another steal a horse, was a horse thief, and the man who helped another steal a man, was a man thief, condemned to death by divine law.

Jerry, after having been once stolen, had recovered possession of himself, and his master and other thieves had re-stolen him! Judge Grier, with full knowledge of this fact, had prostituted law for the benefit of the thieves.
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