Foster v. State

Decided April 15, 1856

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1856-04-15

In error from the Circuit Court of Madison county. Hon. E. G. Henry, judge. The plaintiffs in error were indicted and convicted in the court below, for unlawful trading with slaves.

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Decided 1856-04-15

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Fisher, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The plaintiffs in error were indicted in the Circuit Court of Madison county, under the Statute of 1850 to suppress trade and barter with slaves, and for other purposes, and were convicted on their trial in the court below.

¶3On looking into the record, we deem it unnecessary to decide the points made by the attorney-general on behalf of the State, in argument at the bar, as it does not appear, by the record, that the grand jury, who found the indictment, were in any manner sworn to inquire' in and for the body of the county of Madison.

¶4This is not now an open question in this court.

¶5Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.