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Hickland v. StateHickland v. State

Indiana Supreme Court
May 26, 1847
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INDICTMENT alleging that a certain negro had ‍​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‍come into the state since the 1st of September, 1831, without giving bond, &c., and that ‍​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‍the defendant, knowing, &c., had hired him, &c. Held, that the act of 1831, entitled “An act ‍​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‍concerning free negroes and mulattoes, servants *366and slaves,” on which the indictment was ‍​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‍founded, is not unconstitutional. R. S. 1831, p. 375. — R. S. 1838, ‍​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‍p. 418.— The State v. Cooper, 5 Blackf. 258.—Baptiste v. The State, Id. 283.

Case Details

Case Name: Hickland v. State
Court Name: Indiana Supreme Court
Date Published: May 26, 1847
Citations: 8 Blackf. 365; 1847 Ind. LEXIS 28
Court Abbreviation: Ind.
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