State v. Rector

This indictment charged that the defendant, on, &c., at, &c., “ being then and there a negro slave, a certain negro woman slave, named Mary, which said slave Mary, then and there belonging to one W. S. S., unlawfully and feloniously did abduct and entice away from her master, the said W. S. S., contrary,” &c.

The second count charged, that the defendant, at, &c., on, &c., “being then and there a free negro, a certain negro woman slave, named Mary, then and there belonging to one W. S. S., unlawfully and feloniously did abduct and entice away from her master, the said W. S. S., contrary,” &c.

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