Wilson’s Red Book, 6[*] THOMAS BURTON’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM PRETTYMAN. Supreme Court of Delaware. November 8, 1793. [*] This case is also reported in Read’s Notebook, 3. Motion for a new struck jury but withdrawn by consent. Bayard said the former Chief Justice said he knew of no rule of practice that was established by […]
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STATE v. WOODDELL, 1 Del. Cas. 482 (1797)
Clayton’s Notebook, 6 STATE v. WOODDELL et al. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. December, 1797. Indictment for assault and battery and false imprisonment of Negro Isaac. Ridgely, Attorney General, produced Margaret, a free Negro and grandmother of Isaac, as a witness. Miller, for the defendants, objected because neither her person nor her […]
HALL v. FIELD WILTBANK, 1 Del. Cas. 11 (1793)
Wilson’s Red Book, 6.[†] JOSHUA HALL v. FIELD and WILTBANK. Supreme Court of Delaware. November, 1793. [†] This case is also reported in Read’s Notebook, 3. Page 12 Plaintiff’s witnesses not attending, he was willing the cause should be put off until the next week, defendant’s counsel agreed that plaintiff might put off his cause. […]