STATE v. REASONS, 1 Del. Cas. 617 (1819)

Clayton’s Notebook, 122 STATE v. MARY REASONS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. May, 1819. J. M. Clayton and A. L. Hayes for the prisoner. Matilda Brown died about August 8th. Mary Reasons, a free Negro, came to labor in the house of deceased on [the] 11th, to clean up after her death […]

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STATE v. ROBERTS, 1 Del. Cas. 617 (1819)

Clayton’s Notebook, 122 STATE v. JACOB ROBERTS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. May, 1819. Page 618 The defendant’s counsel, Thomas Clayton and J. M. Clayton, insisted that as the indictment laid the felony to have been committed on December 10th, and the loss of part of the property had been proved on […]

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