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2. State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave - Wikipedia

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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. An appeal of the conviction was denied by the ...

3. Celia (slave) - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Missouri Circuit Courts - Wikipedia

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   Jurisdiction. The Missouri Constitution provides for the Circuit Courts in Article V, Judicial Department. [1] Section 14: Circuit courts – jurisdiction – sessions. (a) The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction over all cases and matters, civil and criminal. Such courts may issue and determine original remedial writs and shall sit ...

5. Thurgood Marshall - Wikipedia

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   [2]: 92–93 After Missouri courts rejected Gaines's claims, Houston—joined by Marshall, who helped to prepare the brief—sought review in the U.S. Supreme Court. [2]: 94 [7]: 70 They did not challenge the Court's decision in Plessy v.

6. List of county courthouses in Missouri - Wikipedia

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   38.9532°N 92.3290°W. / 38.9532; -92.3290  ( Boone County Courthouse) 1906-1909 [1] NRHP-listed as contributing property of the Downtown Columbia, Missouri Historic District. Designed by John H. Felt . Buchanan County Courthouse (Boundary Decrease) Buchanan. St. Joseph. NRHP-listed (refnum 78003397).

7. Callaway County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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   Callaway County, Missouri. /  38.84°N 91.92°W  / 38.84; -91.92. Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 44,283. [1] Its county seat is Fulton. [2] With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November 25, 1820, and named ...