Thacker v. Hawk
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a writ of error to the court of common pleas of Gallia county. The original action was against the defendants, trustees of Wilkesville township, for refusing to receive the plaintiff's vote an election for justice of the peace.
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This is a writ of error to the court of common pleas of Gallia county. The original action was against the defendants, trustees of Wilkesville township, for refusing to receive the plaintiff's vote an election for justice of the peace. On the trial, the following .bill of exceptions was taken : *Be it remembered, that, on the trial of this cause in the court of common pleas of Gallia county, at the April term thereof, A. d. 1841, the evidence on both sides being closed, some of which evidence, offered by the defendants, tended to prove that the plaintiff in this case had some negro blood in…
1Opinion of the CourtLane, C. J.
This case presents the same question as in Jeffries v. Ankeny et al., and must be decided by the same principles. The court charged the jury, that if the plaintiff had any negro blood whatever, he was not a lawful elector. That charge was wrong, and judgment must be reversed.
Judgment reversed.
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