State of Mississippi, Circuit Court Criminal Case, Lowndes County State v. Yancey, Case File No. 830

Creator

Circuit Court of Lowndes County

Files

Description

Eighteen pages of original court documents from the State v. Yancey case dating 1852. The case was heard in the State of Mississippi Lowndes County Circuit Court.

Transcription

The State of Mississippi, Lowndes County, charged Philip Yancey, laborer, with inflicting cruel punishment by beating, bruising, and wounding an enslaved person named Mary, sometimes called Mary Cannon, on April 6, 1852. The case was continued to the next term of court. It appears that case number 793 was combined with case number 830 against the same defendent Philip Yancey. The State of Mississippi, Lowndes County then charged Yancey with assault with the intent to kill William Walker with a table fork in April 1852. They also charged Mosby Clayton, laborer, with giving Yancey aid.

Approximate Creation Date

1852

Time Period

1850-1859

Subjects

Slaveholders.; Slavery -- Mississippi.; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources.; Slaveholders.; Slaves -- Social Conditions.; Crime and race.; Legal documents.; Negotiable instruments.; Crime--History.; Women--History.

Keywords

Slavery, Slaves, Circuit Court, State Court, Criminal Files, Enslaved persons, Lowndes County, Mississippi; Legal instrument

Geographic Location

Columbus--Mississippi; Lowndes County (Miss.).

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

Document

Digital Format

TIFF

Digital ID

CLP_CircuitCourtCriminal_830_StateVsYancey_1852

Source

State of Mississippi Lowndes County Circuit Court State Criminal Case Files Collection. Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System (Miss.).

Repository

Columus-Lowndes Public Library System

Publisher

Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

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Recommended Citation

State v. Yancey Case File No. 830. Lowndes County (Miss.) Circuit Court State Criminal Cases. Local Government Records, Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.