State v. . Jernagan

This case comes up on a motion for a new trial, grounded upon a supposed misdirection of the presiding judge, who stated to the jury that if they believed the facts to have been as related by the witness Deans, the prisoners, were both guilty of the charges specified in the indictment; and that the judge directed the jury that the agency which Lovet took in assisting Deans after his receiving the slave, in carrying them toSmithfield, was such an aiding, abetting, and consenting as made him principal and equally guilty with Barna. And it has been insisted for the prisoners that the receiving…