A (habeas corpus) application bearing this date was made; discharge was claimed on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law.

The evidence

• “last application bearing date January 26, 1855. He claimed discharge on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law under which he had been indicted.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/02-wisconsin-as-a-state.md, PDF p. 59 / book p. 63

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources