Commonwealth v. Palmer
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 13 — INDICTMENT APPEAL FROM JEFFEESON CIRCUIT COUBT. CITED— 2 Rev. Stat., 370. 13 Howard, 115; Mitchell vs. Hammony. CITED— 1 Bishop’s Crim. Law, 213, sections 213 and 48 to 68. 1 Kent, 410. 21 Howard, 506 to 516, inclusive. O’Brien on Court-Martial, 25. Bennett on Court-Martial, 11 to 14, inclusive. Attorney General Cushing’s Opinion, Feby. 5, 1863. 1 Bishop’s Criminal Law, notes 2 and 3, page 64.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion op the court:
The appellee, John M. Palmer, was indicted in the Jefferson circuit court of Kentucky for feloniously aiding 'Ellen, a slave of T. R. Womack, to escape from her owner, in violation of the 1st section of article 5, chap. 93, of the Revised Statutes of this State, p. 370, enacted for the purpose of preventing, as its title declares, “the abduction and stealing of slaves, removing them out of the State by boatmen and others, and exciting them to rebellion,” and containing the following provisions: “If any free person, not having lawful, or in…
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