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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... able speeches of the learned Counsel , the moral and political effects , this report is calculated and like- ly to produce ; on my part , I trust , it will be deemed sufficient that I give proofs of impartiality and correct- ness ...
... able speeches of the learned Counsel , the moral and political effects , this report is calculated and like- ly to produce ; on my part , I trust , it will be deemed sufficient that I give proofs of impartiality and correct- ness ...
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... the whip ; that in this situation the said Prosper in presence of said Hodge was beaten until he fainted , his head hanging down backwards , and no longer able to bawl : when this deponent no longer able to bear such a 9.
... the whip ; that in this situation the said Prosper in presence of said Hodge was beaten until he fainted , his head hanging down backwards , and no longer able to bawl : when this deponent no longer able to bear such a 9.
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... able to bear such a sigh left the window where she had been standing . Tha this cruelty took place at the works ; that the sai Prosper was carried to the sick - house on the hil where , within a fortnight he died , as this deponent be ...
... able to bear such a sigh left the window where she had been standing . Tha this cruelty took place at the works ; that the sai Prosper was carried to the sick - house on the hil where , within a fortnight he died , as this deponent be ...
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... able to stay inside of said house , owing to the of- ensive smell proceeding from the wounds occasioned y cart - whippings on negroes therein confined ; that e has often seen the sick nurse washing and dres- ing such wounds as he ...
... able to stay inside of said house , owing to the of- ensive smell proceeding from the wounds occasioned y cart - whippings on negroes therein confined ; that e has often seen the sick nurse washing and dres- ing such wounds as he ...
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... able negroes , about one hundred or more in number , but that when the last wife of said Hodge died , that number was so reduced by cruelty , and ab- sconding in consequence of cruelty , that negroes enough were not to be found on the ...
... able negroes , about one hundred or more in number , but that when the last wife of said Hodge died , that number was so reduced by cruelty , and ab- sconding in consequence of cruelty , that negroes enough were not to be found on the ...
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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.