Respublica v. Richards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Indictment, misdemeanor. It contained two counts under the act of assembly of 29th March 1788. 2 Dali. St. Daws, 589. 1st, That the defendant by fraud seduced negro Toby into New Jersey, with a design and intention of selling him as a slave. 2d, That he caused him to be seduced into New Jersey with such design, &c.
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Indictment, misdemeanor. It contained two counts under the act of assembly of 29th March 1788. 2 Dali. St. Daws, 589. 1st, That the defendant by fraud seduced negro Toby into New Jersey, with a design and intention of selling him as a slave. 2d, That he caused him to be seduced into New Jersey with such design, &c. Before the jury was sworn, it was admitted that the prosecution was carried on by the society for the abolition of slavery, incorporated 8th December 1789, by law. Thereupon the defendant’s counsel insisted, that none of the members of that society should be received as jurors.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
If a body politic or corporate bring an action that concerns their body, and if a juror be of kindred to any that is of that body, it is a principal challenge. Co. Lit. 157. a. * Where a corporation are parties or immedi- r^gp ately interested in the question, no freeman can be L either a juror or witness. 3 Keb. 12, 295. 3 Burr, 1855. The objection to the members of this society is relevant.
One Isaac Cox, a witness on the part of the commonwealth, was proceeding in his testimony with respect to a violence committed by the defendant 011 the negro in New Jersey, but was stopped by…
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