He was pursued by his owners, who expected to take advantage of the British law by claiming him as a fugitive from justice, and as such he was arrested and brought before the court of Queen's Bench.

They swore that he was, at a certain time, the slave of Mr.A., and that he ran away at such a time and stole and brought off a horse.

They enquired who the horse belonged to, and it was ascertained that the slave and horse both belonged to the same person.

The court therefore decided that the horse and the man were both recognised, in the State of Virginia, alike, as articles of property, belonging to the same person--therefore, if there was theft committed on either side, the former must have stolen off the latter--the horse brought away the man, and not the man the horse.

So the man was discharged and pronounced free according to the laws of Canada.