North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Laughlin (a slave), June 1862.
Indictment for arson for burning a barn and its contents. Debate over whether property was a barn as set out by the terms of the Statute. The lower court in a special verdict decided that it was not. The slave could not then be guilty of a capital felony. This decision was affirmed by the Supreme Co...
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