Petition #21284605
- Orange County, North Carolina. August 3, 1846. - October 12, 1846.
- Court: Supreme
- Salutation: To the Honorable Frederick Nash, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of North Carolina
Abstract
William Lipscomb petitions for a writ of habeas corpus after his slave Anderson was arrested for stabbing another slave named Daniel. Related documents provide slave testimony about the source of the argument that arose between the two slaves involved, while walking from the meeting house back to their respective plantations, and give a description of the confrontation that led to the "affray" and the stabbing of one of the slaves.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Evidence of Ned, 3 August 1846; Bond, Benton Ray and John C. Douglas to the State of North Carolina, 3 August 1846; Summary of Daniel's Testimony, ca. 1846; Arrest Warrant, State v. Anderson, 3 August 1846; Order, 3 August 1846; Bond, John C. Douglas to the State of North Carolina, 8 August 1846; Writ of Habeas Corpus, 12 October 1846; Certificate, 12 October 1846
- Pages of related documents: 12
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Citation information
Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Records of the County Court, Slave Records 1783-1865
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