In 1824, a slave named Peter was charged, tried, and convicted of burglary by a court of magistrates and freeholders in Newberry District and sentenced to death. William Calmes, the owner of Peter, immediately gave notice that he would appeal the verdict, and upon application to Judge Abraham Nott, he received "a prohibition," which was later made absolute. Lawrence, the property of James Caldwell, was also found guilty of breaking into the store of said Caldwell and taking "sundry articles." He, too, received the death penalty but was reprieved when his owner obtained a prohibition from Judge David Johnson. The petitioners, justices of the peace and freeholders who served on the court ask to be reimbursed for their costs for "applications for Prohibition."
Result: Referred to claims committee; rejected.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
