State v. Benjamin

The judgment of the court (Slidell, J., absent,) was pronounced by

Preston, J.

The defendant is indicted for inveigling, stealing and carrying away a slave, named Maria, the property of Mrs. Hamilton, so that the owner was deprived of the use and benefit of her services. There is a further count, for aiding the slave in running away from the service of her mistress. It is charged, that the acts were done at the parish of West Feliciana, on the 4th of July, 1849. The accused was tried in the parish of Pointe Coupee, having obtained a change of venue, was found guilty, sentenced to two years’…