STATE v. DERRY, 2 Del. Cas. 246 (1840)

Rodney’s Notes

STATE v. GEORGE DERRY.

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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