Thompson v. Young

Smith, 0. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment rendered' in the Circuit Court of Chickasaw county.

The proceeding, in its inception, was an action of trespass, brought by Wm. Young against John J. Thompson, for killing the slave of the said Young, by shooting.

In the court below, the defendant pleaded the general issue, and several special pleas, in which,'substantially, the same defence was set up. These pleas alleged, with some variety in the phraseology, that at the time of -the said supposed shooting, the slave, the subject of the…