Barton v. . Morphis
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Trover for a negro slave Lary, tried at Person Spring term, 1833, before Settee, Judge. The plaintiff proved title to the slave, and the question was as to the conversion by the defendant. The plaintiff proved by a witness, (Turner,') a confession made by the defendant in a. conversation with a runaway slave named Jack, sufficient to authorise a jury to find that a conversion had been made by the defendant.
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Trover for a negro slave Lary, tried at Person Spring term, 1833, before Settee, Judge. The plaintiff proved title to the slave, and the question was as to the conversion by the defendant. The plaintiff proved by a witness, (Turner,') a confession made by the defendant in a. conversation with a runaway slave named Jack, sufficient to authorise a jury to find that a conversion had been made by the defendant. The credit of Turner was attacked, and to prop and support him the plaintiff introduced several witnesses. The testimony of these witnesses was objected to by the defendant, as being…
1Opinion of the Court
DaNieu, Judge.
After stating the case, proceeded to deliver the opinion of the court.
After the credit of the witness, Turner, was attacked, it became material and necessary for the plaintiff to show that there was an intimacy between the defendant and the runaway slave Jack, about the time deposed to by Turner, in order that the jury might draw the inference that such á conversation had taken place as that stated by Turner. For this purpose the witnesses Bradshaw, Jones, Watts and T/io mas were introduced. I think Bradshaw’s evidence was admissible for the purpose of introducing and explaining…
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