State v. Wupperman

The defendant was indicted under the second Section of the Act concerning slaves, (Dig. Art. 2558,) which prohibits the buying of any produce of a slave 61 with-66 out the written consent of his or her master, or mistress or “ overseer.” The indictment charges that the defendant bought the produce of the slave, “ the property of one Andrew Herron,” “without first having the written consent of said *34Herron, or any one having charge of said slave.” There was a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that it did not pursue the statute in its description of the offence; which the Court…