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Louisiana, Supreme Court, Opelousas : Gardiner v Thibodeau, August 1859 [printed].

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Louisiana : Supreme Court, 1859.
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The suit was brought to recover the value of a slave, Charles, alleged to have been killed by the defendant, Thibodeau; he was acquitted, and Gardiner appealed. The Supreme Court ruled that the evidence was clear that Thibodeau had killed Charles; his defence had been based on the fact that Gardiner had not proved he was Charles's sole owner and that he had ordered Charles to stop before he killed him and Charles had not obeyed. Charles had been on Thibodeau's property and according to Thibodeau had been stealing chickens. The law stated that a slave could lawfully be killed by a freeholder if he was armed and a runaway; Charles had been armed, but it was not proved that Thibodeau knew this, and he was not a runaway. Charles's value was variously claimed as [dollars] 500 and [dollars] 1,800. The Supreme Court reversed the lower court's judgment and awarded Gardiner [dollars] 1,150 plus costs.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.
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Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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Material sourced from the Louisiana and Special Collections of the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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