Tom Newman
- Name
- Tom Newman
- Thomas Newman
- Sex
- Male
- Enslaved or Free
- Free
- Record(s) Seen In
- Common Law Orders - E - June 1856 - November 1864 - pgs. 1-353
- Common Law Orders - No 2 - March 1853 - March 1866
- Page and Line Number
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CLE: PP. 238
CL2: PP. 248, 250-251, 271 - Additional Information
- In Common Law Book E, an examining court was held in the case of Tom Newman, who was charged with an attempt to rape Sarah C. Petty, a white girl. He was found guilty of the charge by the court after the examination, and it was ordered that he be remanded to jail to await trial. In Common Law Book 2, Tom was set to be imprisoned in the public jail for twelve years. He was eventually moved from the public jail to the court jail.
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