Case Name: The State v. Cattell
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1834-03
Citations: 2 Hill 291
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Cattell.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 291–291

Head Matter:
The State v. Cattell.
The Act of 1819 (p. 31) repeals the provision of the Act of 1740, P. L. 168, which requires the ticket or license in writing of the owner or overseer of a slave using or carrying fire arms, to specify (hat the slave has permission to hunt and kill game, cattle, or mischievous birds or beasts of prey, &c. The using or carrying of fire arms by a slave, to be contrary to the intent and meaning of the Act of 1819 and subject to seizure and forfeiture,, must be an using or carrying without “a ticket or license in writing from his owner or overseer;” and the fact that a slave having such licence uses the gun in an unlawful manner, will not create a forfeiture.

Opinion:
Per O'Neall, J.
reversing the decision of Mr. Justice Butler, at Charleston, February, 1834.