Hargis v. Sebastian
Hargis v. Sebastian
Opinion of the Court
You are disputing of facts. If the partnership is fully established, that will entitle you to give evidence of the declarations of the partner. Go on. There is no doubt but plaintiff may now proceed to prove another Negro carried out of the state.
Plaintiff proved the declarations of Spears, which showed a partnership; that he had had thirty Negroes at Snowhill, and that defendant had not finished his business. But whether any of those thirty came from Delaware there was no proof, except that Spears said they had had better bargains in Delaware than he had had.
Gentlemen it is your province to decide the facts, upon which we are not disposed to intimate our opinion. You are to consider whether Levi Johnson was a slave or not. If he was, and was carried out by defendant, your verdict should be for
Verdict for the defendant
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