Wright v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
A man by the name of Boon, on his way to the Arkansas, camped near Mr. Shelton’s, in Davidson county; during the night, he had stolen from his wagon, bank notes and some specie, amounting to four hundred and fifty dollars. In the morning he had several of the neighbor’s negroes taken up, on suspicion of having taken the money, (they having been seen about the place on the evening before, and at night;) among them was Bob, the negro of Mrs. Wright, the mother of defendant.
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A man by the name of Boon, on his way to the Arkansas, camped near Mr. Shelton’s, in Davidson county; during the night, he had stolen from his wagon, bank notes and some specie, amounting to four hundred and fifty dollars. In the morning he had several of the neighbor’s negroes taken up, on suspicion of having taken the money, (they having been seen about the place on the evening before, and at night;) among them was Bob, the negro of Mrs. Wright, the mother of defendant. No discovery being made from the examination of the ne-groes in the morning, Mr. Boon requested those present (the…
1Opinion of the CourtCreen, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Davidson county, under the 26th section of the act of 1829, ch. 23, of “fraudulently receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, with intent to deprive the true owner thereof.” It appeared in evidence, that a man by the name of Boon, lost four or five hundred dollars, it having been stolen from him by a negro slave, Bob, belonging to the mother of the plaintiff in error. The morning after the money was stolen, several of the neighbors were collected together, and among them the plaintiff in error; when Boon requested them…
2Cited by12 opinions
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