Stout’s Notes
Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County.
April 28, 1829.
Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant].
In stealing a blanket value [$]1.00 2-fold _________ [$]2.00
Property of James C. Jackson.
1. James C. Jackson, sworn. I lost a woolen blanket the latter part of last October. James Tindle acknowledged he took it; its worth $1.00. James Tindle is a free man. I got my blanket again.
1. Elijah Douglass, Negro, sworn, witness for defendant.
2. Nancy Douglass, sworn.
Submitted without argument or charge. Verdict, guilty.
Judgment, $2 — twofold. Twenty-one lashes. Pay costs of prosecution. Sold seven years to any person or persons.