State v. Dubord
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the First District Court of New Orleans, McHenry, J. The defendant claims from this court a reversal of the judgment and proceedings below, upon the following assignment of errors : 1st. That the indictment does not set forth the value of the slave alleged to have been stolen. 2d.
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Appeal from the First District Court of New Orleans, McHenry, J. The defendant claims from this court a reversal of the judgment and proceedings below, upon the following assignment of errors : 1st. That the indictment does not set forth the value of the slave alleged to have been stolen. 2d. That J. N. Otto, S. Golding, L. N. Johan and J. L. Krabbe, were sworn and tried the case, whereas it appears from the sheriff’s list of jurors, that J. M. Otto, J. Golding, L. N. Johan, J, F. Krabbe, were the jurors summoned and drawn to serve during that term. The first objection is based on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
King, J.*
The defendant was prosecuted under the 3d section of the act of 1819, (Acts p. 62-3) whieh is in the following words: “All and every person or persons who shall inveigle, steal, or carry away any negro, or other slave or slaves, or shall hire, aid, or counsel any person or persons, to inveigle, steal, or carry away as aforesaid any such slave, so as the owners of such slave of slaves shall be deprived of the use, &c., on conviction of any such offence, shall suffer imprisonment at hard labor, &c.” The defendant was convicted, and after…
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