21 S.C.L. 61
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided October 15, 1835
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1835-10-15
Tried before his Honor Judge Bay, Charleston, October Term, 1835. Indictment for selling spirituous liquors to a slave without a ticket from the master or owner. Judge's Report of testimony. — Mr. J. A. Miller, City- Marshal, sworn.
Decided 1835-10-15
¶1for the prosecution, quoted the first clause of the negro Act, which declares all negroes as slaves, till the contrary is proved.
¶2From the foregoing testimony, the jury found a verdict of guilty against the defendant.
¶3There- were two other indictments given out against defendant, on which similar verdicts were found, as they all depended on the same tes, timony.