Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : State v Joshua, a slave, February 1860.

Joshua was convicted of raping a white woman and was sentenced to be hanged. The sentence was not carried out on the day set for it, as by that time the appeal had been instituted; the Supreme Court ruled that the lower court's rulings had been corrected and that the sentence could be carried o...

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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 Trials (Assault and battery) Trials (Rape)
Online Access:	Click for online access