State v. Negro Ben , 1 H. & J. 99 ( 1800 )

Chase Ch. J.

observed, that the court had considered the objection made yesterday to the judgment, they were about to pass, and remained of the same opinion, to wit: That murder was a. felony within the meaning of the act of 1793,. and that therefore the prisoner’s case was within that act,. It was therefore adjudged, that he should labour on, the public roads of Baltimore county for the term of fourteen years..