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State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave was an 1855 murder trial held in the Circuit Court of Callaway County, Missouri, in which an enslaved woman named Celia was tried for the first-degree murder of her owner, Robert Newsom. Celia was convicted by a jury of twelve white men [1] and sentenced to death.
Celia (c. 1835 - December 21, 1855) was a slave found guilty of the first-degree murder of Robert Newsom, her master, in Callaway County, Missouri.Her defense team, led by John Jameson, argued an affirmative defense: Celia killed Robert Newsom by accident in self-defense to stop Newsom from raping her, which was a controversial argument at the time. [2]
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In 1855, as a lawyer, Jameson led the defense of a slave named Celia in what became an influential trial of a slave. [4] He based his unsuccessful "defense on the premise that under Missouri law Celia possessed the same right to use deadly force to defend her honor as did white women." [5]
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Attorneys for Marcellus Williams are using a prosecutor’s testimony to try and reopen proceedings before his execution next week by the state of Missouri.. During an evidentiary hearing on Aug ...
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State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave; U. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 58; List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 59