Worrell v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Marengo. insisted that the indictment did not charge an offence known to the law, and cited Clay’s Dig. 437, § 8; 4 Porter, 410; 1 Bailey’s Rep. 144; 2 Hill’s (S. C.) Rep. 459; 6 S. & R. Rep. 5.
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted for selling to a slave “ a certain commodity, to wit: eight gallons of whiskey, without having first obtained the leave or consent of the master, owner or overseer of said slave, either *733verbally or in writing for that purpose, contrary to the form of the statute,” &c. - The statute on which this indictment is founded is in' the following words: “ Every person who shall buy, sell, or receive from any slave any commodity of any kind or description, without the leave or consent of the master, owner or overseer of such slave, verbally -or in writing, expressing…
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