Enslaved People Named: Not named
Slaveowners: Not named
Date of Case: 1819
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[April Term 1819]
The State
Vs.
Owen Mallony ]alt: Maloney]} Indictment for beating a negro
John Stewart Esq. Security for the appearance at Court of the said Owen Mallony, surrendered him in open court; whereupon it is ordered, that the said Owen Mallony be kept in custody by the Sheriff, and that the said John Stewart be released from his suretiship.
[Two pages later]
The State
Vs.
Owen Mallony } Beating a negro
True Bill
D. Stewart, foreman
[Two pages later]
The State
Vs.
Owen Mallony } Indict. For beating a negro
We find the defendant guilty.
John Ashmore, foreman.
[Two pages later]
The State
Vs. Owen
Mallony } Indict. Beating a negro
It is considered and ordered by the Court, that the ddfendant be imprisoned in the Common jail of the County of Chatham, there being no sufficient jail in the County of Liberty, for the space of three calendar months from this date, and be thereafter discharged upon payment of costs.
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Source: Superior Court minutes, 1809-1821, Liberty County, Georgia, page 316, 318, 321, 323; database with images, “Liberty County Superior Court Minutes 1809-1821,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-W95D : accessed 10 Jul 2023), Family History Library Film 008628963, item 2 of 2, image 612-3, 615-6 of 653.