State v. . Jernigan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
From Wayne. The indictment contained three counts. In the first count, it charged “ that Barna Jernigan, late of the Coun- “ ty of Wayne and State of North-Carolina, not having ie the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and sec( duced by the instigation of the Devil, on the twenty- “ fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou- *■' sand eight hundred and sixteen, at and in the County of “ Wayne aforesaid, with force and arms, a certain male se slave named…
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From Wayne. The indictment contained three counts. In the first count, it charged “ that Barna Jernigan, late of the Coun- “ ty of Wayne and State of North-Carolina, not having ie the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and sec( duced by the instigation of the Devil, on the twenty- “ fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou- *■' sand eight hundred and sixteen, at and in the County of “ Wayne aforesaid, with force and arms, a certain male se slave named Amos, of the value of fifty shillings, “ and the property of one John Coor Pender, of the Coun- “ ty of Wayne,…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, Chief-Justice,
delivered the opinion of this Court:
The prisoner has been tried and convicted of an offence described in an act of the General Assembly passed in the year 1779, entitled “ An act to prevent the stealing of “ slaves, or by violence, seduction or any other means, “ taking or conveying away slaves the property of an- “ other, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” The words of the second section under which the offence arises, are, “that any person or persons who shall hereafter “ steal, or shall by violence, seduction or any other “ means, take or carry away any slave…
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