Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : State v Fuentes, May 1850 [printed].

A case concerning a request by the defendant, a foreigner from Spain, to demand a trial by a jury composed of one-half of aliens. The defendant, a white man, was on trial for the murder of a free man of colour. Counsel for the prisoner had appealed to the jury to consider that the use of grossly ins...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Court records Crime Freemen Law Prisoners Trials (Murder)
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