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2. State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave - Wikipedia

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   State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave was an 1855 murder trial held in the Circuit Court of Callaway County, Missouri, in which an enslaved woman named Celia was tried for the first-degree murder of her owner, Robert Newsom. Celia was convicted by a jury of twelve white men [1] and sentenced to death.

3. Celia (slave) - Wikipedia

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   Celia (c. 1835 - December 21, 1855) was a slave found guilty of the first-degree murder of Robert Newsom, her master, in Callaway County, Missouri.Her defense team, led by John Jameson, argued an affirmative defense: Celia killed Robert Newsom by accident in self-defense to stop Newsom from raping her, which was a controversial argument at the time. [2]

4. Callaway County, Missouri - Wikipedia

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   Callaway County is a county in Missouri, named for James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone. It has a history of slavery, Civil War, and winemaking, and is part of the Jefferson City metropolitan area.

5. 2006 New Bloomfield murders - Wikipedia

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   On December 23, 2006, a young couple living in a neighbourhood in New Bloomfield, Missouri, were brutally murdered by a relative inside their house. [2] [3]On that day itself, both Sarah and Benjamin Bonnie, aged 25 and 28 respectively, received a call from Sarah's cousin, 34-year-old Brian Joseph Dorsey, who owed money to drug dealers looking for him and he wanted to borrow money from Sarah.

6. Missouri to execute man despite appeals for clemency from ...

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   Dorsey shot his cousin and her husband after they helped him escape drug dealers, but claimed he was in psychosis. He exhausted his appeals and was denied clemency by the governor, despite support ...

7. Boone County Courthouse (Missouri) - Wikipedia

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   The Boone County Courthouse is the location of the 13th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, covering Boone and Callaway counties. The courthouse is in the Boone County Government Complex in downtown Columbia, Missouri. [1] It is the third court at this location.