Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave This page was last edited on 14 May 2024, at 02:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Lemmon v. New York: Superior Court of the City of New York: Granted freedom to slaves who were brought into New York by their Virginia slave owners, while in transit to Texas. 1853: Northup v. Epps – Recognized that Solomon Northup, who had been abducted from New York and sold as a slave in Louisiana, was free. 1853: Holmes v. Ford: Oregon ...
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]
A 13-day trial challenging Missouri's legal restrictions on transgender health care wrapped up last week, with a ruling still to come.
Keith Larner, who was the prosecutor on Marcellus Williams’ murder case in St. Louis County, said he struck a potential juror because he was a young Black man with glasses.
It pits powerful agriculture and business organizations against trial attorneys who have built an alliance with GOP lawmakers known for bringing the state Senate to a halt: the Missouri Freedom ...