Rodney’s Notes
Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County.
May 11, 1802.
Indictment. Felony for stealing a pair of slippers, 7/6, property of Sampson Darling.
Vandyke [for State]. Ridgely, Clayton [for defendant].
Sophia Darling sworn. Hannah Walmsley. Hannah Morris. Abner Douglas for prisoner. Charles Townsend, Corneille Battle.
Clayton for prisoner. Cause rests upon the credit of Sophia Darling, a white woman, married to a black or yellow man.
H. Ridgely. Shoes so much alike, difficult to identify, etc. Attorney General in conclusion.
Verdict, guilty, and sentence thirteen lashes, etc
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