North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Leigh (Justice of the Peace), June 1838.

Leigh was indicted for knowingly not issuing warrant to apprehend his slave called Jim who murdered another slave called Washington. The indictment against Leigh, one of the acting justices of the peace in Perquimans county, was quashed by Judge Settle as the allegations are entirely too vague. Soli...

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