Clayton’s Notebook, 32 SAMUEL L. CLAYTON v. JOHN WILLIAMS. Supreme Court of Delaware, Kent County. October, 1814. See contra, post 38. Debt, suggesting a devastavit. The plaintiff, in the year [__],[2] instituted a suit against the defendant as administrator of Reynear Williams, deceased, in which case no declaration was filed. But there was a docket […]
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SHARP v. DICKERSON, 2 Del. Cas. 376 (1818)
Ridgely’s Notebook II, 32 ELISHA SHARP and AMELI, his Wife, v. JONATHAN DICKERSON. Orphans’ Court of Delaware. March 5, 1818. [The report of this case is incomplete, and for that reason it has not been printed. Ridgely’s Notebook II, 32-41, continue 42-47.] [Miscellaneous entries and orders of the Orphans’ Court appear here Ridgely’s Notebook II, […]
STATE v. MASON, 1 Del. Cas. 512 (1814)
Clayton’s Notebook, 32 STATE v. ISAAC MASON. Supreme Court of Delaware, Kent County. October, 1814. The Court in this case charged the jury that “to constitute manslaughter the stroke must be given with an intention of doing the deceased a bodily injury, or at least it must be inflicted with an unreasonable degree of force, […]
STATE v. JONES, 1 Del. Cas. 33 (1794)
Wilson’s Red Book, 32 STATE v. ANN JONES. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November, 1794. Two indictments for having two black children.[2] Court assigne Wilson as counsel for defendant, she being very poor, who agreed to try both indictments at once. Rebecca West, produced as a witness for the State, was objected to b […]