Williams v. Fambro
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trespass vi et armis, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabannis, at October Term, 1859. This was an action brought by Allen G. Fambro against Richard W. Williams, for the recovery of damage for killing a negro man slave, named Jim, alias Jim Sheet, the property of plaintiff. The declaration alleged that the negro was worth $1,200 00, and that he came to his death by wounds inflicted upon him by defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue.
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Trespass vi et armis, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabannis, at October Term, 1859. This was an action brought by Allen G. Fambro against Richard W. Williams, for the recovery of damage for killing a negro man slave, named Jim, alias Jim Sheet, the property of plaintiff. The declaration alleged that the negro was worth $1,200 00, and that he came to his death by wounds inflicted upon him by defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Upon the trial it appeared from the testimony, that at the time the negro was killed, 23d March, 1857, the defendant was overseeing for…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Stephens, J.,
delivering the opinion.
1. We think the plaintiff in error was entitled to the continuance to get the benefit of Barron’s testimony, and that he ought also to have had the benefit of Walker’s testimony, which was offered but ruled out. We think the testimony of these two witnesses was material and admissible, so far as it related to their own general knowledge of the negro’s disposition, or to Mr. Fambro’s statements concerning his disposition, but not admissible so far as it related to previous particular acts of violence on the part of the negro, or to general…
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