PENALTY FOR SLAVERY.
AMERICAN CASE
JONESBORO, Nov. 20.
The city marshal, Poacher, was convicted by a jury of holding negroes as slaves and was recommended leniency. The Judge sentenced prisoner to two years’ imprisonment with a fine of 3500 dollars.
He told the jury that this was not a lone case in Arkansas, but that the offence occurs frequently and ought to be stopped. He declared-that he would suspend sentence and put Poacher on probation if he paid the fine. The Federal Government showed close interest in the case, and Mr H. S. Cummings (Attorney-General) declared that the conviction was a distinct victory for law and order.
Peacher was charged with “causing persons to be held as slaves in violation of the anti-slavery law passed after the Civil War.” The indictment stated that he falsely arrested eight negroes on a vagrancy charge and used them to clear his lands.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 7
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