Jones v. Commonwealth

At the May term, 1865, of the Harrison circuit court, the appellant was indicted for unlawfully (but not with a felonious intention) taking and carrying away from the possession of one L. Oxley one negro woman, named Mariah, and her three children, of whom said Oxley was then the owner, of the alleged value of one thousand dollars, in violation of section 7, article 25, chapter 28, 1st volume Revised Statutes, 411, which section is in the following language: “ If any person unlawfully, but not with felonious intention, take, carry away, deface, destroy, or injure any property, real or…