Cheek v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Lowndes. Tried before the Hon. John K. Henry. The indictment in this case was found at the May terna, I860, and contained but a single count, which was as follows: “The grand jurors of said county charge, that, before the finding of this indictment, Randall Cheek was the master, or person standing in that relation to certain slaves,, to-wit, Bob, Anderson, and Mose, and divers others whose names are to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown, and, as…
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From the Circuit Court of Lowndes. Tried before the Hon. John K. Henry. The indictment in this case was found at the May terna, I860, and contained but a single count, which was as follows: “The grand jurors of said county charge, that, before the finding of this indictment, Randall Cheek was the master, or person standing in that relation to certain slaves,, to-wit, Bob, Anderson, and Mose, and divers others whose names are to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown, and, as such, did fail to provide them with a sufficiency of healthy food or necessary clothing, or to provide for them properly in…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The statute under which the indictment was-framed, is-as follows: “Any master, or other person standing towards -the slave in that relation, who inflicts, or allows another- to -inflict-on him, any cruel punishment, or fails to provide him with a sufficiency of healthy-food or necessary clothing, or to provide for him properly in sickness or old age, or treats him- in any other way with inhumanity, on conviction thereof, must be fined not less than twenty-five, or more than one thousand dollars.” Four of the penal omissions mentioned in this statute are charged in one count. The allegations…
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