Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1854 (Kelly v. Brooks)

CHILTON, C. J. —

1. The proof made by the witness Heart, that as clerk for the auctioneer, Brooks, he kept a memorandum, which he produced, showing the day of sale, and the price at which the slave Dick was sold, and that he was taken away by Kelly, the purchaser, and not returned until the next day or day after that, was clearly admissible, as tending not only to prove the sale, but a