State vs Freeze Regarding Cruelty to a Slave 11B Packet 28

Drawer 11-B packet 0028

State vs Freeze

Treat slaves Joe & Isaac with inhumanity

The State of Alabama Shelby County

To any lawful officer of the State of Alabama complaint having been made before me that, Isaac a slave belonging to and in the custody of Jacob Freeze has been cruelly and inhumanely whiped by his said owner That the said Jacob Freeze fails and refuses to furnish said negro with suitable clothing to said negro Isaac and said complaint also charges that the said Jacob Freeze is guilty of like cruel treatment to another negro slave also in his possession named Joe You are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest said Jacob Freeze and bring him before me H V Nabors a Justice of the peace this 26th day of May 1855 H V Nabors Justice of Peace

25384 The State of Ala vs Jacob Freeze

summon James Williams and bring for a slave belonging to Jacob Freeze to be exhibited upon said trial also summon Amos Williams

Coleman Heatley C Aukins

Executed on the 26 of march 1855 J.D.Morgan Court

The State of Alabama Shelby County In Circuit Court September Term 1855 The Grand Jury of said County charge that Jacob Freeze being the master of a slave named Isaac did inflict cruel punishment on said slave, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama

And the Grand Jury of said County further charge that the said Jacob Freeze being the master or person standing in that relation towards a slave named Isaac did treat said slave with inhumanity, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.

And the Grand Jury of said County further charge that the said Jacob Freeze being the master of a slave named Isaac did allow another to inflict cruel punishment on said slave, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.

And the Grand Jury of said County further charge that the said Jacob Freeze being the master or person standing in that relation towards a slave named Isaac did inflict on said slave cruel punishment or did fail to provide said slave with a sufficiency of healthy food, or necessary clothing against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama Wm S Mudd solicitor for 3rd Circt of Alabama

The defendant for answer to the bill of indictment dennies in Short by concent, on these grounds 1 he says there is no time found in the indictment 2 he says the charge is to general 3 - it should have Stated where & how the punishment was inflicted

S H Johnsun Aty deft