A Report of the Trial of Arthur Hodge, Esquire: (late One of the Members of His Majesty's Council for the Virgin-Islands) at the Island of Tortola, on the 25th April, 1811, and Adjourned to the 29th of the Same Month; for the Murder of His Negro Man Slave Named ProsperTertius Dunning, 1812 - 186 من الصفحات |
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... ISAACS , Esq . three of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace , for the Virgin - Islands : - GENTLEMEN , I HAVE received information of a highly important nature . I request you will accompany me to a place , where I think it necessary a ...
... ISAACS , Esq . three of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace , for the Virgin - Islands : - GENTLEMEN , I HAVE received information of a highly important nature . I request you will accompany me to a place , where I think it necessary a ...
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... Isaacs , Esquires ; all of them His Majesty's Justices , assigned to keep the peace , & c . & c . within and for the Virgin- Islands , aforesaid . Personally appeared Perreen Georges , of the said island of Tortola , a free woman of ...
... Isaacs , Esquires ; all of them His Majesty's Justices , assigned to keep the peace , & c . & c . within and for the Virgin- Islands , aforesaid . Personally appeared Perreen Georges , of the said island of Tortola , a free woman of ...
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... ISAACS . VIRGIN - ISLANDS , } TORTOLA , 88. Affidavit and Recognisance of WILLIAM COX ROBERTSON , Before the Hon . George Richardson Porter , the Hon . Abraham C. Hill , the Hon . Maurice Lisle , the Hon . George Martin , Daniel Ross ...
... ISAACS . VIRGIN - ISLANDS , } TORTOLA , 88. Affidavit and Recognisance of WILLIAM COX ROBERTSON , Before the Hon . George Richardson Porter , the Hon . Abraham C. Hill , the Hon . Maurice Lisle , the Hon . George Martin , Daniel Ross ...
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... LISLE ,, WILLIAM ROGERS ISAACS , Memorandum , ( On the back . ) On the fifth day of March , 1811 , the within named William Cox Robertson appeared , and entered into recognisance in the sum of one thousand pounds , cur- 13.
... LISLE ,, WILLIAM ROGERS ISAACS , Memorandum , ( On the back . ) On the fifth day of March , 1811 , the within named William Cox Robertson appeared , and entered into recognisance in the sum of one thousand pounds , cur- 13.
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... Isaacs , Esq . each and every of us , His Majesty's Jus- tices of the Peace , in and for the Virgin - Islands , that , The Hon . Arthur Hodge of the said Island of Tor- tola , Esq . did feloniously , wilfully , and 14.
... Isaacs , Esq . each and every of us , His Majesty's Jus- tices of the Peace , in and for the Virgin - Islands , that , The Hon . Arthur Hodge of the said Island of Tor- tola , Esq . did feloniously , wilfully , and 14.
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aforesaid Arrindell Arthur Hodge called cart-whipped cause charge command consequence Court crime Cross-examined Crown cruel cruelty Daniel Ross day of March death deponent answered depositions evidence Examined feloniously flogged Gaol Delivery Gentlemen George Martin Grand Jury guilty Harrigan hath heard Hodge died Hodge's estate indictment inflicted Island of Tortola John John Skelton jurors kill King's Counsel know any thing laid live Lord magistrates Majesty's Justices malice aforethought Margaret master mention murder Musgrave naked right named Prosper negro man slave negro slaves never oath offence Oyer and Terminer Perreen Georges present prisoner prisoner's counsel Prosper died proved Provost Marshal punishment Rawbone recollect RICHARD HETHERINGTON Robert Green runaway saith shew sick-house slave named Solicitor STEPHEN M'KEOUGH Sworn in chief taken testimony tion told trial Tyson villein Virgin-Islands voire dire whip wilfully William Cox William Isaac Palmer William Rogers Isaacs witnesses wounds
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الصفحة 178 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
الصفحة 167 - when a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
الصفحة 42 - Third, by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland king, defender of the faith, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
الصفحة 16 - Mills, a justice of the peace in and for said county, and being duly sworn on the holy evangelists of Almighty God...
الصفحة 178 - Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall be put to death.
الصفحة 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
الصفحة 168 - The law however protected the persons of villeins, as the king's subjects, against atrocious injuries of the lord: for he might not kill, or maim his villein z ; though he might beat him with impunity...
الصفحة 69 - ... of mind lodged in the person killing for some considerable time before the commission of the fact; which is a mistake, arising from the not well distinguishing between hatred and malice. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind.
الصفحة 42 - Halifax, settler, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil on the twenty-sixth day of August and in the twenty-third year of the reign of the sd.
الصفحة 80 - They could not leave their lord without his permission ; but if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recovered by action, like beasts or other chattels.