Dacy v. Gay
Supreme Court of Georgia
Case, in Bibb Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers, May Term, 1854. This was an action brought by Gay against Dacy, for harboring a slave named Joe, the property of plaintiff, and for the value of his services during the time he was so harbored.
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Case, in Bibb Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers, May Term, 1854. This was an action brought by Gay against Dacy, for harboring a slave named Joe, the property of plaintiff, and for the value of his services during the time he was so harbored. The plaintiff proved property in the negro; that he was run away from him, from April 1st, 1851, until November 8th, 1852; that the defendant had him in possession, and professing tobe acting as the agent for one John Thompson of Newton County, hired him out to work, with the firm of Henderson & Carlisle for nine months on a rail road contract;…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Starnes, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] According'to the views which this Court entertains, and has before this time expressed, it is only in cases of felony at Common Lazo, or in the crime of treason, that the civil remedy is suspended until after the conviction of the offender for the crime. (Adams vs. Barret, 5 Ga. 404. Neal vs. Farmer, 9 Ga. 555.) This is, of course, not such a case.
[2.] The terms of our Penal Code, relating to the offence before us, make no change in this rule. These terms are, that *206“ on every conviction for concealing or harboring a slave, the owner of such…
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