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United States v. Cross

4 D.C. 603
CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
DecidedNovember 15, 1835
StatusPublished

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United States v. Cross, 4 D.C. 603 (circtddc 1835).

Opinion

The Court

instructed the jury that if they should be of opinion, from the evidence, that the defendant cruelly beat the slave in the public highway, and left her there, exposed to public view, it was an indictable offence.

Thruston, J., however, was of opinion that it was not an indictable offence unless the beating was in the public view.

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