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 Prosper |
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aforesaid Arrindell Arthur Hodge called 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 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 Maurice Lisle 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 shew sick-house slave named Solicitor STEPHEN M'KEOUGH Sworn in chief taken testimony tion told trial Tyson villein Virgin Virgin-Islands voire dire whip wilfully William Cox William Isaac Palmer William Rogers Isaacs witnesses wounds
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
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Page 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.
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Page 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.
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