State v. Miles
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The defendant in this case was indicted for inveigling, stealing, and carrying away, a negro, from his owner and employer, N oah Michau. It appeared, in evidence, that the prosecutor, Noah Michau, the owner of the negro, lived in Williamsburgh district. He had entered into an agreement with his brother, Alexander Michau, to let the negro work with him that year, and to divide the proceeds of their labor. The negro was in that situation when he was taken or absconded.
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The defendant in this case was indicted for inveigling, stealing, and carrying away, a negro, from his owner and employer, N oah Michau. It appeared, in evidence, that the prosecutor, Noah Michau, the owner of the negro, lived in Williamsburgh district. He had entered into an agreement with his brother, Alexander Michau, to let the negro work with him that year, and to divide the proceeds of their labor. The negro was in that situation when he was taken or absconded. He was afterwards found in Charleston, where he had been sold by the prisoner. The offence was laid to have been committed in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
ÜSTott, J.
The clause of the Act of Assembly, under which the defendant had been convicted, or so much of it as it is necessary to notice, is in the following words : “All and every person and 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 owner or employer of such slave or slaves, shall be deprived of the use and benefit of such slave or slaves ; or shall aid any. such slave in running…
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