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| Keywords: Affidavit of Stephen Johnson in the case of Rachel Luther v. Luther Borden, et. al - NARA - 278260.tif Scope and content This document is from a suit for trespass against a group of Rhode Island state militia who acting under martial law broke into the home of Martin Luther Rachel Luther's son in the middle of the night searched the premises and threatened Rachel Luther Rachel Luther charged that the charter government which proclaimed martial law was not the legal government of Rhode Island The defendents claimed that the declaration of martial law was legal and that they were acting under the orders of their superior officers when they entered the house to search for Luther who was an important supporter of Thomas W Dorr who had organized a people's government Mrs Luther also questioned whether the charter government had the authority to declare martial law and stated that there were limits on its enforcement The decision of the US Circuit Court in favor of the defendents was appealed to the US Supreme Court The US Supreme Court however feeling that the case was political in nature refused to rule on the issues and returned the case to the US Circuit Court This case was an important case in the historic events commonly known as the Dorr Thomas W Dorr Rebellion General notes 278260 Local identifier U S Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island 1790 - 01/01/1912 NARA's Northeast Region Boston NRAAB 380 Trapelo Road Waltham MA 02452-6399 date 1844 06 19 - 1844 06 19 Record group Record Group 21 Records of District Courts of the United States 1685 - 2004 Record group ARC 350 Case Files compiled 11/1790 - 12/1911 Series ARC 278236 File unit Rachel Luther v Luther Borden et al 10/24/1842 - 12/1848 File unit ARC 2251150 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRAB-21-CASECCRI-6LAW-F yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Documents in English 1844 texts Supreme Court of the United States cases Manuscripts | ||||