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a.;e 1 Trial of Negroes for Murder-| If. i y If P mJ 1| . ‘ FlilDAY, Sept. 3. f flC(ait The Stale vs. Henry, a slave of W. Cut- Dukes. This was a charge of having, on [jit Friday, the 27th Aug. 1847, mixed with teatGv iprepared for the breakfast of Mrs. Dukes-, qa solution of arsenic, which caused theirt. Jj deaths. Sentence, Guilty; To be executedu ll on Friday, the 10th inst.W mlS 11 rl he State vs Nancy, a slave of W. C.O- ji - , • 7 |Dukes. T hie was a charge under the ActnIt'%n-e. |j of 1751, of haring on Tueulay the 24tk An- ISgust, procared poison to be administered; the ^ •y tj poison was not administered, but was Je J” stro\;ed anfd never used. This slave wag ^ j0 j not tried us having been connected witbjbe j!us | poisoning for which Henry was convicted ;id !* she Was found guilty, and sentenced as sta-Haj. if tf'd in the Mercury ; but in addition the sen-\^ to nee was, that if not sent out of the SU byH*ir. j her owner, the shbuld'bc kepi imprisoned fortn* || three years\le II ’ Saturday, Sem. 4.. j The State vs. Jane, a slave ol W, C. Dukes.^ —This was a'charge of having, on Tuesday |1nt || the 24th August, procured poison for the phr- [!ce !j pose of administering, and of having, on Fri- fiq |j day, 27th August, 1847. mixed with the teabeprepared for the breakfast of Mrs. and MksDukes a solution of arsenic which causeditheir deaths. Sentence, Guthy: To be ex*re | ecutedon Friday, ft* 10th instant[ Charleston Mercury of 0ih inst * f
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Georgetown Winyah Observer
Georgetown, South Carolina, US
Wed, Sep 08, 1847
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