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The grand jurors for the
and
charged to enquire for the body of the county of
upon their oath present that
James
on
the
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty
with force and arms, at the county of
aforesaid,
one
watch chain of the value of one dollar
and one watch seal of the
value of two
dollars
of one
found, feloniously did steal, take, and carry
away, contrary to the form of
the statute in that case made and
provided, and against the peace and
dignity of the State.
Book 5
page 323
The State
v Indictment
John (a slave)
For Larceny
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Be it remembered that on the
trial of this
of the prosecution failed to give
that the property in the defendant
John was in James Morre as is
charged in the indictment and the
Defendant on his part produced
and
gave in evidence a bill of sale con
-
Morre Alexander Moore and
Nelson Moore and thereupon
the
Defendant by his counsel moved
the Court to instruct the
if they beleived from the evidence
that the Defendant John at
the
time of the indictment being found
was not the slave of James
Morre
as charged in the indictment
that they should send the Defendant
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your county and
bring him forthwith before our
and there to answer to an Indictment found against him by the Grand
Jury
for Larceny - and have you then there this
writ
The State
vs
John (a slave)
Recognised page 209-No 5
John not found
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You are herby commanded to summon
and
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in
proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain
matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the
part of the
The State
vs
John (a Slave)
Executed on
the
to them the from
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You are hereby commanded to summon
Jacques Martin and
that,
setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper
person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain
matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on
the part of the State ; and have you then there this writ.
Exceuted on
and Henny (slave
of G. Clark)
The state
&
John (a Slave)
on
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You are hereby commanded to summon
woman
that setting
aside all manner of excuse and delay, she be and appear in proper person
before the Judge
of our
our said Court, wherein
and
on
the part of the
The State
vs
John
for