Jim v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Howard county.
1Opinion of the CourtTompkins, J.
At the February term of the Circuit Court for Howard county, for the year 1832, Jim was indicted for the murder of William B. Johnson, and pleaded not guilty) and issue was then joined. Afterwards he filed a petition for a change of venue. In this petition he stated that, at the time when this indictment was found, he was the slave of D. Todd, and that he still was his slave; and that said Todd, at the time of finding said indictment, was the Judge of the Circuit Court of Howard county, and that he still continued to be so. The Court did not grant the petitioner’s prayer. He then moved for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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