General

United States v. Richard B. Lloyd

4 D.C. 4704 Cranch 470·United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia·1834

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Opinion

United States v. Richard B. Lloyd. The owner of a slave who beats him cruelly, and exposes him, so beaten, to public view, is guilty of a misdemeanor at common law. Indictment for beating his own slave Henry,"cruelly, and exposing him, so beaten, to public view. Verdict guilty, and amerced by the jury $100. Mr. Brent, for the defendant, moved in arrest of judgment, because the indictment, as be contended, did not state an indictable offence, and cited Richard Turner’s case, in 1826, 5 Rand. 178, 678, and United States v. Brockett, in this Court, some years ago, (2 Cranch, C. C. 441,) for cruelly beating his own slave. He also moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection by the Court to the jury; and because the verdict was against evidence. [MAJORITY — The Court] The Court overruled both motions, and rendered judgment for the amount assessed by the jury.