Nelson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Eeom tbe Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. E. Bugbee. The indictment in this case, wbicb was found on tbe 2d December, 1865, charged that, before tbe finding thereof, “ Nelson, alias Nelson Johnson, now a freedman, but formerly a slave, tbe property of T. B. Bethea, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, did, while he was a slave as aforesaid, HU Anhice, alias Annice Bethea, a female slave, the property of T. B. Bethea, by strangling or choking her with a…
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Eeom tbe Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. E. Bugbee. The indictment in this case, wbicb was found on tbe 2d December, 1865, charged that, before tbe finding thereof, “ Nelson, alias Nelson Johnson, now a freedman, but formerly a slave, tbe property of T. B. Bethea, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, did, while he was a slave as aforesaid, HU Anhice, alias Annice Bethea, a female slave, the property of T. B. Bethea, by strangling or choking her with a string, cord, rope, or suspender, or by throwing her into a well; against the peace and dignity,” &c. The trial was had…
1Opinion of the CourtByrd, J.
This is an indictment against the prisoner for the murder of Annice, “alias Annice Bethea, a female slave, by strangling or choking her with a string, cord, rope, or suspender, or by throwing her into a well.” The record shows that the offense was committed in February, 1865, and that the prisoner and the deceased were both slaves at that time.
The only distinction between this case, and the cases of George (a freedman) v. The State, and Burt (a freedman) v. The State, is, that the offenses in those cases were committed against white persons, and in this case the slayer and the.' 'in were…
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