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Herald, & a coadjutor of 
John Brown in the Kansas 
Border wars, laid the matter 
before Messers. Poppleton & 
Webster, leading lawyers of the 
State, & they generously undertook 
to conduct the case without fee. 
It was brought before Judge 
Dundy, who decided that under 
the Fourteenth Amendment of 
the Constitution of the United 
States, the Indian is [[underline]] a person [[/underline]],
entitled to the protection which 
the Courts give to any other 
person, not a citizen. This 
decision, if supported by the 
Supreme Court of the United 
States is likely to be of great 
importance in delivering the