Note 73 — Chapter XVIII · THE KILLING OF WOMEN AND OF SLAVES—THE CRIMINALITY OF HOMICIDE INFLUENCED BY DISTINCTIONS OF CLASS.
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Brevard, op. cit. ii. 242. Stroud, op. cit. p. 106 sq. Stephen, Slavery of the British West India Colonies, i. 166, 174. In the French Colonies, also, slaves could not be legal witnesses, but their testimony might be heard by the judge, merely to serve as a suggestion, or unauthenticated information, which might throw light on the evidence of other witnesses (Code Noir, Édit du mois de Mars 1685, art. 30, p. 44).