State v. Anone
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Tried before William Ellison, Esq., at Coosawhatcliie, sitting for Mr. Justice Grimke. *This was an indictment against the defendant, for trading with a slave i-.j™ without a ticket, under the Act of December, 1817, which forbids all L trading with slaves without permits or tickets.
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Tried before William Ellison, Esq., at Coosawhatcliie, sitting for Mr. Justice Grimke. *This was an indictment against the defendant, for trading with a slave i-.j™ without a ticket, under the Act of December, 1817, which forbids all L trading with slaves without permits or tickets. It appeared that the defendant was absent from his store at the time that the fact occurred; and that this slave, named Polydore, who had been long employed in the store, had received corn from a negro, without a ticket, and had given him some articles out of the store in return. The witness who proved these facts…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
RichaRPSOn, J.
It is a plain misconstruction of the Act of 1817, as well as of the Acts upon the same subject preceding it, to suppose, that to trade with a slave for his own property is not within the penalty of those Acts. The evident'object of it is to prevent any trading whatever with a slave. Eor this purpose, at least, a slave can have no property; and it is believed, that the Act of 1817,1 will embrace every instance of selling to, buying from, or bartering with, a slave having no license. If frivolous charges should be made, they must be left to…
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