Petition #11000007

Abstract

Natchez resident Richard Terrell asks for a change of venue for the trial of his slave Henry, accused by another slave of burglary. Convicted once but granted a new trial, Henry "cannot have anything like a fair trial" in Adams County. The slave who accused Henry was a "man of bad fame."

Result: Denied.

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Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

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