State v. . May
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an Indictment under the act of 1779, {Rev. eh. 142,) for stealing a slave. It was in the following form : “The jurors for the State upon their oaths present, ls that Daniel May, late of the county of Anson, .on &c.
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This was an Indictment under the act of 1779, {Rev. eh. 142,) for stealing a slave. It was in the following form : “The jurors for the State upon their oaths present, ls that Daniel May, late of the county of Anson, .on &c. “ with force and arms in said county, feloniously did “ steal, take and carry away a certain slave named Bar- “ ry, of the value, &c. the said slave Harry, then and “ there being the property of another, io-wit, the pron perty of Elizabeth Lynch, with an intention to sell said <•' slave to another, contrary &c. “And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths, &c. do “ further…
1Opinion of the Court
"The jurors for the State upon their oaths present, that Daniel May, late of the county of Anson, on etc., with force and arms in said county, feloniously did steal, take and carry away a certain slave named Harry, of the value, etc., the said slave, Harry, then and there being the property of another, to wit: the property of Elizabeth Lynch, with an intention to sell said slave to another, contrary, etc.
"And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths, etc., do further present that Daniel May, afterwards, etc., with force and arms in the county aforesaid, feloniously by seduction, did take and…
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