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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 a slave 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.

4. Missouri Circuit Courts - Wikipedia

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   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 at times and places within the circuit as determined by the circuit court. (b) Procedures for the adjudication ...

5. Missouri to execute man despite appeals for clemency from ...

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   Brian Dorsey, 51, requested clemency, but Gov. Mike Parson affirmed the state Supreme Court-ordered sanction Monday, with his office saying in a statement that it is "an appropriate and legal ...

6. Maryland judge killed outside his home; suspect was in ... - AOL

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   Maryland Circuit Court Associate Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found outside his home in Hagerstown around 8 p.m. on Thursday with multiple gunshot wounds, the Washington County Sheriff's Office ...

7. Winny v. Whitesides - Wikipedia

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   Winny v. Whitesides alias Prewitt (1 Mo. 472, 1824 WL 1839 [1824]) was the first freedom suit heard by the Supreme Court of Missouri. The case established the state's judicial criteria for an enslaved person's right to freedom. The court determined that if a slave owner took a slave into free territory and established residence there, the slave ...