STATE v. FARSON, 1 Del. Cas. 23 (1794)

Wilson’s Red Book, 21[*] STATE v. FARSON. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Dover County. Spring, 1794. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 85. Case: The person assaulted was a white man, no other white person present at the time of the assault, but many Negroes. Prosecutor being sworn, defendant’s counsel offered […]

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VANDEGRIFT v. HAUGHERY, 2 Del. Cas. 11 (1793)

Read’s Notebook, 21.[*] LEWIS VANDEGRIFT[1] v. ROBERT HAUGHEY. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. December, 1793. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 38; Wilson’s Red Book, 17. [1] In the account of this case in Wilson, the name is spelled, “Vandegright.” Action for use and occupation, and one count […]

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