United States v. Buntin
United States Circuit Court
Indictment for Deprivation of Civil Bights. It charged that one John Bun tin deprived James H. Vines and others, children of Jacob H. Vines, of a right secured by the constitution and laws of the United States, to-wit, the right to attend the only public school situated in a certain subdistrict in Washington township, Clermont county, Ohio; said children being entitled to attend said school, and said Buntin then being the teacher of said school, and excluding said children…
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Indictment for Deprivation of Civil Bights. It charged that one John Bun tin deprived James H. Vines and others, children of Jacob H. Vines, of a right secured by the constitution and laws of the United States, to-wit, the right to attend the only public school situated in a certain subdistrict in Washington township, Clermont county, Ohio; said children being entitled to attend said school, and said Buntin then being the teacher of said school, and excluding said children therefrom by reason of their being colored children of African descent, under color of a statute of Ohio providing that…
1Opinion of the Court
Baxtee, G. J.,
(charging jury.) Much has been said and quite an array of books produced to prove that a criminal intent is a necessary ingredient of every crime. The proposition, when properly understood, is correct. But what is a criminal intent? This depends somewhat upon the nature of the crime with which the accused is charged. The decision by Judge Rives, whieh has been read to the court in your hearing, was made in a case in which a jury commissioner was indicted for excluding colored persons from serving as jurors. The essence of the crime, in that case, consisted in the exclusion of…
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- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Neal v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Hall v. DeCuirSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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