Stout’s Notes
Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware.
April 28, 1829.
Rogers [for State].
250 kegs lard [equal] $25.00 4
______________ $100.00
Property of John M. Clayton.
1. John M. Clayton, sworn. All the kegs [of] lard my family had was taken off in the month of March last. I got back no part of the lard.
2. Elijah McDonnel, offered. Heard Sam say he received from Pete, slave of J.M.C., a pot of lard on the green, took it to Parker’s, and he got a pair of shoes. Sam is free.
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3. Charles C. Emory, sworn. Heard Sam say J. M. Clayton’s boy delivered to him on the green a pot of lard, carried it to Parker’s, sold it and got a pair of shoes.
Submitted without argument or charge. Verdict, guilty.
Judgment. Twenty-one lashes. Pay $100. Pay costs [of] prosecution. Sold seven years to the highest and best bidder.