North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Shelfer v Gooding, June 1855.

North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Shelfer v Gooding, June 1855.

Action of slander. The defendant's slave have been brought before two justices of the peace on a charge of destroying the plaintiff's property. Defendant alleged that all evidence given by Shelfer was a tissue of falsehood and a damned lie from beginning to end. Verdict for the plaintiff i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Series:Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:
Court records
Offenses against property
Slaveholders
North Carolina > Jones County
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Action of slander. The defendant's slave have been brought before two justices of the peace on a charge of destroying the plaintiff's property. Defendant alleged that all evidence given by Shelfer was a tissue of falsehood and a damned lie from beginning to end. Verdict for the plaintiff in the lower court. This verdict was overturned by the Supreme Court. What the defendant had said was pertinent to the defence of his slave. It was not slander. However, his profane language might have been punished as contempt by the magistrate's court by a fine or imprisonment.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note:North Carolina State Archives

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