3. Whether by becoming the sub
ject of a foreign power he is res-
cued from punishment for a crime
against his allegiance to the Unit-
ed States. id.
ib.
4. Whether a person, born in the
colony of New-Jersey before the
revolution, and who resided there
until 1777, when he joined the
British army, and went with them
to England, where he has resided
ever since, claiming always to be
a loyal subject of Great Britain,
can now take and hold land in
New-Jersey by descent from a
citizen of the United States?
Whether he became a subject of
New-Jersey against his will?
Whether he has expatriated him-
self and become an alien?
M'Ilvaine v. Coxe's Lessee. 280
5. Whether the courts of the United
States liave jurisdiction where all
the parties are aliens ?
Mason et al. v. Elaireau,
Bailiff v. Tipping,
1. The inhabitants of the District of
Columbia, by its separation from
the states of Virginia and Mary-
land, ceased to be citizens of those
states respectively.
Reily v.
Lamar, et al.
2. By the insolvent law of Maryland
of 3d of January, 1800, the chan-
cellor of Maryland could not dis-
charge a citizen of Maryland who
resided in the District of Columbia
at the time of its separation from
Maryland, unless the insolvent
had complied with all the requi-
sites of the law, so as to entitle
himself to a discharge before that
separation.
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