STATE v. JACOBS, 1 Del. Cas. 109 (1796)

Wilson’s Red Book, 134 STATE v. ABRAM JACOBS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November 16, 1796. Attorney General offered to prove the declarations of Elisha Dickerson (who is dead since the finding the indictment) that the hog was his; and said it was the best evidence. If Dickerson was here, he could prove the […]

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LONG’S ADM’R v. SPEAR, 1 Del. Cas. 393 (1796)

Bayard’s Notebook, 134 LONG’S ADMINISTRATOR v. SPEAR. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1796. After the jury were sworn, Wilson moved to amend the declaration by striking out the date of a judgment recited in it and inserting a new date, and cited the Statute of Jeofails 16 17 Car. II, c. […]

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