Supreme Court of North Carolina December 5, 1848 (Barnes v. Farmer)

lead-opinion

This was a suit to recover damages for harboring a slave. It appeared in evidence that the said slave had belonged to the defendant Asael Farmer, and had been sold under execution in 1835, and purchased by the plaintiff; that he took the said slave into possession, and, immediately thereafter, he absconded and remained out until January, 1845.