Robinson v. County Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford county. This appeal was taken by the owners from an order of the court below, (Price, J.,) in reference to íhé valuation of a negro slave, convicted of a larceny. All the proceedings and facts in the case are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
On the 23rd of November 1853, in the circuit court for Harford county, George Brown, the slave of the appellants, was tried upon an indictment for larceny, and found guilty. The same day the judge of the court (the Hon. Albert Constable) passed judgment upon the verdict, directing that the criminal should be sold as a slave for life, by the sheriff of the county, to some person who should convey him beyond the limits of this State; and the judge also valued and appraised the negro, George Brown, at the sum of six hundred dollars, which it was adjudged and determined should be assessed and…
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