Indiana Supreme Court, 1847

Hickland v. State

Hickland v. State
Indiana Supreme Court · Decided May 26, 1847
8 Blackf. 365; 1847 Ind. LEXIS 28
Hickland v. State

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Opinion of the Court

INDICTMENT alleging that a certain negro had come into the state since the 1st of September, 1831, without giving bond, &c., and that the defendant, knowing, &c., had hired him, &c. Held, that the act of 1831, entitled “An act concerning free negroes and mulattoes, servants *366and slaves,” on which the indictment was founded, is not unconstitutional. R. S. 1831, p. 375. — R. S. 1838, p. 418.— The State v. Cooper, 5 Blackf. 258.—Baptiste v. The State, Id. 283.

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