Bayard’s Notebook, 231 WELLS v. MITCHELL. High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware. August 11, 1798. Appeal from the Board of Commissioners of Sussex County. Present: KILLEN, Chancellor. READ, Chief Justice [of the] Supreme Court, BASSETT, Chief Justice [of the] Common Pleas. CLAYTON, JOHNS, and RODNEY, [Justices]. The case was [that] John Dagworthy in […]
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STATE v. PRETTYMAN, 1 Del. Cas. 217 (1799)
Wilson’s Red Book, 231[*] STATE v. PRETTYMAN. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1799. [*] This case is also reported in Rodney’s Notes, April 27, 1799. A Mulatto (the person injured), whose mother is white, offered as a witness by defendant, and objected to by Ridgely. Bayard. By 2 Del. Laws 887, […]