State v. . Edmund
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment under the act of 1825, c. 22, for concealing a slave on board of a vessel, with the intent, and for the purpose of conveying said slave beyond the limits of the State, and of enabling her to effect her escape out of the State. There were several counts in the indictment.
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This was an indictment under the act of 1825, c. 22, for concealing a slave on board of a vessel, with the intent, and for the purpose of conveying said slave beyond the limits of the State, and of enabling her to effect her escape out of the State. There were several counts in the indictment. On the trial before Martin, Judge, at New-Hanover, it appeared that the prisoner was a slave, the property of one West, of Virginia; that he liad absconded several years before from his master’s service — had passed as a free man,- and acted as Steward on board the brig Fish-ei*. It further appeared…
1Opinion
The prisoner hath been tried on an indictment containing several counts, founded on an act of Assembly passed in 1825. The jury have rendered their verdict in the case as follows, "guilty of the (343) felony of concealing, conveying and carrying as charged in the bill of indictment," without finding the fact that it was with the intent and for the purpose of enabling the slave to effect her escape out of the State.
A motion for a new trial was made, because the slave whom the prisoner is charged with carrying and secreting on board of the vessel, to which he was attached as steward, was the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- State v. . WhitakerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1883
- State v. . WoodlySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1855
- State v. . HoranSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1868