State v. Cadle
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. John J. Clendenin, Circuit Judge. contended that the Court erred in quashing the indictment: that the indictment is in the very language of the act creating the offence {Acts of 1854,p. 38;) and that it is not required, nor is it necessary to state the names either of the slaves harbored or their owner— the name being no part of the description of the offence; that it is not necessary to conclude each count in an indictment “ against…
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. John J. Clendenin, Circuit Judge. contended that the Court erred in quashing the indictment: that the indictment is in the very language of the act creating the offence {Acts of 1854,p. 38;) and that it is not required, nor is it necessary to state the names either of the slaves harbored or their owner— the name being no part of the description of the offence; that it is not necessary to conclude each count in an indictment “ against the peace and dignity of the State” — the indictment so concluding being sufficient. contended that both counts in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hanly
At the June term of the Pulaski Circuit Court, 1857, the ap-pellee was indicted under the following statute: “ That if any white person shall be caught in company with negroes, in suspicious places, or shall be found in company of slaves at any unlawful meetings, or shall harbor or entertain any slave, or shall be found drinking, or gaming with any slave, without the consent of the owner or overseer of such slave, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, cognizable in the Circuit Court of the comity, and fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the jury: such line not to exceed one hundred…
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