1847

In 1847, The state's attorney indicted George Kern in Woodford County Circuit Court for harboring a slave.  Kern retained Abraham Lincoln and pleaded not guilty.  The court granted a change of venue to Tazewell County Circuit Court.  A jury found Kern not guilty. 

John Randolph Scott allegedly harbored a slave that came from Missouri.  The state's attorney indicted Scott, and Scott retained Abraham Lincoln.  The court granted a change of venue from Woodford County to Tazewell County Circuit Court.  Scott pleaded in abatement, and the court agreed.  The state's attorney decided not to prosecute the case further, and the court dismissed it.  

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