
    United States v. James Carrico.
    Upon an indictment for selling a free person as a slave, under the Maryland law, 1796, c. 67, parol evidence may be given of the contents of papers delivered by the witness to the defendant, without a previous notice to produce them.
    The witness stated that he delivered to the defendant the papers which he had received with the woman who was sold, which papers showed that she was bound to serve only three years and nine months.
    
      Mr. Key and Mr. Van Horne, for the defendant,
    
    
      objected to parol evidence of the contents of the papers without previous notice to the defendant to produce them; and cited Peake, Ev. 110, 111, American note, which, refers to Commonwealth v. Messenger, 1 Binney, 273; State v. Osborn, 1 Root, 152, and State v. Blodget, Id. 534.
   But

the Court

(Morsell, J., not sitting, having been of counsel for the defendant,)

overruled the objection. Qucere ?

A special verdict was found, upon which judgment was arrested.  