Yancy v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas Corpus, from Forsyth County. Decision- by Judge John H. Lumpkin. This was a writ or habeas corpus sued out by Jacob Yancy,. alleging that he was illegally confined by Ezekiel Harris, the defendant.
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Habeas Corpus, from Forsyth County. Decision- by Judge John H. Lumpkin. This was a writ or habeas corpus sued out by Jacob Yancy,. alleging that he was illegally confined by Ezekiel Harris, the defendant. In his answer, defendant returned that the plaintiff had been brought before the Inferior Court of Forsyth County, as a free person of color, charged with violating the laws of the State on the subject of registration of such persons; that plaintiff has pleaded guilty to that charge, and had been sentenced to pay a fine of ope hundred dollars, and in default thereof had been hired, by order…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The return to the writ of habeas corpus shows that Jacob Yancy had been brought before the Inferior Court as a free person of color, upon a charge of having violated the Registry Laws, and upon a plea of guilty, was sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, and being unable to pay, was, in pursuance of the Statute, hired to the respondent.
Upon the hearing, it was conceded by agreement of parties, that he was a dark colored person, and the son of a free white woman, &c. Upon these facts, his counsel assumed that, being the son of a free…
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