This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1858 |
| Citation: | 55 Va. 677 |
| Jurisdiction: | SC of Appeals VA |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | John W. Sherman was indicted, tried, and convicted for advising a slave to escape from their "master." Sherman then obtained a writ of error, but before it could even be heard, he escaped from the prison! |
| Law type: | Writ of Error |
| Full name: | Sherman v. The Commonwealth |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia |