Shuttleworth v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
From the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hon. Porter King. The indictment in this ease charged, that the prisoner, Philip Shuttleworth, “ received of a slave named Sandy, belonging to Wesley Shuttleworth, one black bottle, and one quart of whiskey, without first obtaining tbe consent of the master, owner, or overseer of said slave, verbally or in writing, expressing the articles permitted to be so received from said slave.”
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From the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hon. Porter King. The indictment in this ease charged, that the prisoner, Philip Shuttleworth, “ received of a slave named Sandy, belonging to Wesley Shuttleworth, one black bottle, and one quart of whiskey, without first obtaining tbe consent of the master, owner, or overseer of said slave, verbally or in writing, expressing the articles permitted to be so received from said slave.” “It was proved on the trial,” as the bill of exceptions states, “that within twelve months before tbe finding of the indictment, and in said county, the'defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The section of the Code, under which the plaintiff in error was indicted, is in the following language : “ § 3285. — Any person who sells to, or buys or receives from any slave, any other article or commodity of any kind or description, without the consent of the master, owner, or overseer of such slave, verbally or in writing, expressing the articles permitted to be sold' to, or bought or received from such slave, first obtained, must, on conviction, be fined in not less than ten or more than two hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned not more than six months.” The articles or commodities…
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