Prue v. . Hight
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Alfred Prue, a free boy of color, an inhabitant of Franklin county, was bound by the County Court of that county, as an apprentice, to one Fuller, a resident of that county, who removed from the State in 1849, leaving the apprentice in charge of the defendant, Hight, also a citizen of Franklin county.
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Alfred Prue, a free boy of color, an inhabitant of Franklin county, was bound by the County Court of that county, as an apprentice, to one Fuller, a resident of that county, who removed from the State in 1849, leaving the apprentice in charge of the defendant, Hight, also a citizen of Franklin county. Hight placed the apprentice with a son-in-law, who lived in Granville county, where, by the direction of Hight, he stayed as a servant until the close of the year 1857, when he deserted his home, and went at large, in Granville county, until March, 1858; being still a minor, he was brought to…
1Opinion of the Court
A free infant of color, rightfully bound as an apprentice, remains subject to the jurisdiction of the County Court, wherein he was bound, until discharged in the mode provided, sec. 5, ch. 5, Revised Code.
A habeas COkpus was returned before bis Honor, Chief Justice PeaesoN, who invited the other Judges to assist at the argument.of the matter, and accordingly the case was heard in the room of the Supreme Court, by all the Judges, on 8th of January, 1859, and was as follows :
The matter was argued by Badger, with whom was Ed wards, for the petitioner, and B. F. Moore and Miller, for the…
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