1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket
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Court docket does not describe the charges or indictment. Jury finds Len Green and Frank Green (slaves of Malinda Green) guilty of stealing a horse.
"We of the Jury find the defendants guilty as charged in the indictment."
"It is therefore ordered by the court that each of them each of the said defendants undergo and receive the punishment of 39 lashes on their bare backs for their guilt, as found by the verdict of the jury.
And that the sheriff of this county execute the sentence anytime during the present day it is further ordered by the court that the owner of the said slaves pay the cost of this prosecution and if not paid within 60 days after the present term that said slaves be sold in payment of the same and that an execution issue therefor."
Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database (no images available) "Defendants accused of stealing horse from victim (Jesse Morin)." File includes slave testimony Case transferred from JP to circuit court."
