Court of Appeals of Kentucky December 6, 1853 (Hamilton v. Auditor)

Judge Crenshaw

delivered the opinion of the court.

After the slave of Hamilton was found guilty by thejuryoí a capital offense, and before sentence or judgment had been given against him, he was remanded to jail, and there, before judgment, died by his own hands; and the question is, whether Hamilton, the owner, is entiled to his value from the commonwealth.