Petition #11382921
- Charleston District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started circa 1829.
- Court: Petition
- Salutation: To the Honorable the President and other honorable members of the Senate of South Carolina
Abstract
William Cain, executor of the estate of Daniel Cain, seeks compensation for the loss of Frank, a slave belonging to the estate who was arrested and "charged with making an attempt upon the life of his Master by administering poison"; the Court of Magistrates and Freeholders found Frank guilty and he "was accordingly executed." The petitioner therefore prays, "in right of the children of his deceased Brother," that he be allowed "such compensation as in your wisdom & justice you may think him entitled to."
Result: Referred to claims committee.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Copy of the Record of Court of Justices and Freeholders, St. John Parish, State v. Negro Frank, 12 March 1829; see PAR #11382919; Sponsor: John Norvelle Davis, Senate, St. James Goose Creek Parish (1816-1835)
- Pages of related documents: 2
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Citation information
Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
- Records of the General Assembly
- Page: frames 1238-41
- Microfilm: Reel #1, frames 1238-41
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