Articles Tagged: Rodney’s Notes

Rodney’s Notes BURTON ROBINSON v. ANTHONY INGRAM. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November 19, 1799. Trespass vi et armis. Pleas: non culpa, justification, liberum tenementum. New assignment. Bayard, Vining [for plaintiff]. Ridgely, Wilson [for defendant]. Page 128 Declaration read by Bayard for breaking down fence etc., and patent dated 1797 (objected to […]

Rodney’s Notes RICHARD BASSETT’S and JOSHUA CLAYTON’S LESSEE v. ELLSBURY, GEARS, and HAUGHEY. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. May, 1798, George Read, Ridgely [for plaintiff]. Vandyke [for defendants]. Defendants confess lease, entry and ouster for the tenant, where Thomas Reynolds and Richard Reynolds formerly lived; also that part, red letter A, […]

Rodney’s Notes WILLIAM CONLYN v. ROBERT SPEAR. Court of Common Pleas Court of Delaware, Kent County. December 6, 1803. H. Ridgely [for plaintiff]. Fisher [for defendant]. In this case the evidence seems to be contradictory. On the part of the defendant, it is contended and proved by one witness that Conlyn agreed to rent and […]

Rodney’s Notes NEGRO JAMES v. DAVID CARR and CASSON BOWDELL. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County. May 11, 1805. Petition for freedom. 2 Del. Cas. Laws 884.[1] [1] Manuscript reads, “Del. Laws. 880.” Hall, Ridgely [for petitioner]. Bayard [for defendants]. Henry Oldfield. I live on the farm of James Metcalf in this county. […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. NEGRO POMPEY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. December 1, 1798. Indictment for murder of Thomas Bailey, who resided in Murderkill Hundred. Vining assigned by Court as counsel for prisoner. Ridgely, Attorney General. You will, gentlemen, according to the evidence adduced to you find the prisoner either guilty of […]

Rodney’s Notes ELIAS NANDINE and ROBERT MAXWELL v. JOHN DARRACH. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County. May 13, 1800. Rodney, Vandyke [for plaintiff]. Bayard, Ridgely [for defendant]. Page 132 This action brought on a bill of exchange drawn by John Darrach in favor of plaintiffs on Hollingsworth and Morton for £350 and accepted […]

Rodney’s Notes.[*] THOMAS ELLIGOOD v. JAMES ONEAL. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. November 27, 1800. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 318. Page 140 Bayard, Ridgely, Vining [for plaintiff]. Wilson, D. Hall [for defendant]. Wilson. Calling a man a rogue not actionable; the words laid in declaration not […]

Rodney’s Notes[*] JOHN MOODY, Administrator of Sarah Moody, late Sarah Kirkpatrick, v. WILLIAM WHANN and PETER WILLIAMS, Administrators d.b.n. of Isaac Alexander. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. December 14, 1796. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 173. Page 70 Bayard, Levy, Vandyke [for plaintiffs]. Miller, George Read [for […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. JAMES HANCOCK. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. November 19, 1802. Levi Simpler. I had corn gathered in the field and round up. I lost part of a row of flour corn and part of common corn. Next morning before sunrise I missed it. I got the seed from […]

Rodney’s Notes.[*] LESSEE OF JOHN, SAMUEL, AND BENJAMIN COMB, JR., v. RICHARD ROE and BENJAMIN COMB, Sr., Administrator. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County. May 15, 1797. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 196. Variant spellings of proper names appearing in this case are retained. Bayard [for plaintiff’s]. Ridgely [for […]

Rodney’s Notes ALEXANDER PORTER v. SAMUEL SMITH. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. May, 1798. Vandyke [for plaintiff]. George Read [for defendant]. Sale made by sheriff of lands of Samuel Smith (on judgment August 25, 1787, as security for payment of decree). Smith’s executors claim money on a decree, May 26, 1787, […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. COMMISSIONERS OF THE LEVY COURT. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. May 25, 1797. Page 86 Indictment for neglecting to make, repair, rebuild a bridge over W. Clay Creek in said county. Miller moves to quash the indictment. That [the] Commissioners form a court and act judicially, not […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. RISDON BISHOP. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. May 7, 1802. Indictment for spiriting away a witness, viz one Thomas Conner, in order to prevent his giving evidence on an indictment against Felix Oneal for assault and battery on said Conner, by giving him, said Conner, $[___][1] to persuade, […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. JOHN BISHOP. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, New Castle County. Undated. Mr. Bayard for State. Rebeccah Hamsum, sworn, says John Bishop came down to her mother’s and was taking away the rails. She desired him to desist; he pushed the rails against her and threw her down, and put his […]

Rodney’s Notes HARLEN CLOUD v. CALEB DAVIS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. February, 1790. Bedford [for plaintiff]. Bayard [for defendant]. Bedford. First count for money had and received by defendant. Second for money laid out and expended for defendant. Bond signed for £50, conditional that a discount should be allowed for […]

Rodney’s Notes NEGRO CHARLES v. JOHN COCHRAN and RICHARD HODGSON. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. May, 1796. George Read [for plaintiff]. John Watster. Robert Maxwell, in 1788, hired Charles of John Cochran, who lived on old Mr. Carnan’s place. I always understood he got him of Jacob Ozier, near Drawyers. In […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. GEORGE DERRY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. May 11, 1802. Indictment. Felony for stealing a pair of slippers, 7/6, property of Sampson Darling. Vandyke [for State]. Ridgely, Clayton [for defendant]. Sophia Darling sworn. Hannah Walmsley. Hannah Morris. Abner Douglas for prisoner. Charles Townsend, Corneille Battle. Clayton for prisoner. […]

Rodney’s Notes RUMSEY and BROOM v. PURNEL LOFTLAND. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Kent County. May 14, 1804. Bayard. [In] the case of a bond or note being overdue or due, as in this case, two years before assignment, the law is different from the case where, 3 Term 80, the note is not […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. ELIZABETH SOWAM. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, New Castle County. May, 1803. Vandyke [for State]. Broom [for defendant]. Dinah Ford offered as a witness. Objected to by Broom that she is black and may be a slave; to entitle her to give evidence she must be a “free black, and […]

Rodney’s Notes SAMUEL McCASH v. JAMES HAUGHEY. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. November, 1794. Debt for the use of Joseph or John Vance. Plea, payment. Johns [for plaintiff]. G. Read, Bayard [for defendant]. G. Read read the declaration. Bond from James Haughey to Samuel McCash for 800 bushels wheat, April 16, […]