Articles Tagged: Rodney’s Notes

Rodney’s Notes THOMAS BABB v. CALEB PERKINS. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New Castle County. 1795. Levy, Bayard [for plaintiff]. Bedford [for defendant]. Bayard, for plaintiff, was going on to open the cause. Defendant objected, and objection overruled. Offered a plot to the jury which had an addition of two lines laid down by […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. JOSEPH JARVIS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. Undated. Ridgely [for State]. Miller, Fisher [for defendant]. Abram Freeman for James Morris. Merritt was sold in March, 1790, for seven years, or till twenty-one, which makes the term of his servitude end in March, 1797. Miller proposed to give in evidence to […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. WILLIAM COLLINS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, New Castle County. May 19, 1803. Indictment for larceny in stealing from David Brinton. $16, etc. Rodney, Vandyke [for State]. Broom, H. Ridgely [for defendant]. David Brinton, That morning I saw the prisoner at my house, asked me if I should go out […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. JAMES DEVINNEY, WILLIAM CARSON, and WILLIAM TAYLOR. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, New Castle County. December 18, 1801. Indictment. Felony for stealing muslin, cloth, dimity, etc., of Donald Moffett, Thomas Bond, Alex. Harvey, Frisby Henderson, William McDaniel, and Levi Hollingsworth laid to the value of about $320. October 19, 1801, […]

Rodney’s Notes JOSHUA JONES v. JOSEPH WAPLES. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1802. Page 160 Venire facias juratores. Jury sworn to try whether any and what damages plaintiff has sustained by reason of the dam erected by Waples, and whether said dam is so injurious it not to continue, etc. Horsey, […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. JAMES CLARK et al. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. May, 1804. Page 211 Ridgely, Vandyke [for State]. Rodney, Stewart [for defendant]. Robert, offered as a witness, and objected to by Rodney as not being a free man. He was left by Jehu Davis by his will to his […]

Rodney’s Notes.[*] STATE v. JOSEPH PRETTYMAN. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April 27, 1799. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 231. Indictment for [assault and battery and false imprisonment] Bayard [for defendant]. William Parrimore. The boy was received by Joseph Prettyman at the old field. I met with […]

Rodney’s Notes KENDALL SMACK v. FRENCH BATTLE. Court of Common Pleas Court of Delaware, Kent County. December 8, 1803. Ridgely [for plaintiff]. Clayton, Bayard [for defendant]. The Court refused to admit the ledger of plaintiff together with his oath, though they proved the day-books could not be found but were in the hands of the […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. DANIEL MORRIS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. May 4, 1803. Fisher, Vandyke [for State]. Clayton [for defendant]. Louder Carter, sworn. I found a pig in prisoner’s possession. I took to be mine, he could not tell who he got it off. Wanted to make it up, said he […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. SUSANNAH HILTON. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. November, 1802. Keturah Combs. Susannah Hilton beat and abused me and beat me, etc. Robert Maxwel. I heard K. Combs crying murder, went over, saw her and Susannah H. was going away. Said she had beat her and would again. Fined […]

Rodney’s Notes.[*] STATE v. ABRAM EMORY.[1] Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. December 1, 1796. [*] This case is also reported in Bayard’s Notebook, 166. [1] In the account of this case in Bayard, the name is spelled “Emery.” Bayard [for the State]. Miller [for defendant]. Joshua Beauchamp. On a Sunday I saw […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. JOHN BRAWLEY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, New Castle County. December 16, 1803. Indictment for illegal voting. Vandyke [for State]. George Read [for defendant]. Francis O’Daniel offered to prove his list of voters, cannot say Brawley was at the election. Joseph Israel, late sheriff, sworn. Number 253 on list [is] […]

Rodney’s Notes.[*] DOUGLAS, Administrator of Vaughn, v. WILLIAM POLK, Administrator of T. L. Polk. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. April, 1798. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 201. In this case the Court decided that the administrator of an executor could not be compelled by scire facias under […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. SAMUEL. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, New Castle County. December 19, 1796. Ridgely [for plaintiff]. Duff, Rodney [for defendant]. Indictment for burglary. The Court being doubtful of its having jurisdiction to try free Negroes for capital offences, the prisoner was remanded to prison. The witnesses recognized to appear at the […]

Rodney’s Notes SUSANNA HUNN v. EVAN LEWIS. Court of Common Pleas Court of Delaware, Kent County. December 2, 1803. Covenant. Pleas, performance and non infregit conventionem. Breaches assigned: first, rent not paid; second, houses not built; third, hay fodder etc. not fed on the land; and fourth, waste committed, in violation of the lease. Clayton, […]

Rodney’s Notes JOHN and GEORGE WILLIAMS, Infants, by their Friend, WARNER POLYN, v. B. WALTON and MARY, his Wife, and J. HERRINGTON. Court of Common Pleas Court of Delaware, Sussex County. November 23, 1803. Feigned issue to try the validity of the will of John Williams, directed by the Register, if said Williams gave to […]

Rodney’s Notes.[*] WILLIAM HARRISON [qui tam] v. ADAM HUNTER. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Sussex County. May, 1797. [*] This case is also reported in Wilson’s Red Book, 160. Qui tam for penalty of £100. Miller, Bayard [for plaintiff]. Wilson, Peery [for defendant]. Simon Kollock sworn. In 1790, July or August, Adam Hunter came […]

Rodney’s Notes DAVID BLOXAM v. CORNELIUS LANK. Court of Common Pleas of Delaware. Undated. Bayard [for plaintiff]. Wilson [for defendant]. Page 227 This action is brought against M. Lank, garnishee of Cornelius Lank. Thomas Johnson. When we went to sea, Cornelius Lank told me he left some money in M. Lank’s hands (what is here […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. NEHEMIAH RYLEY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. November 16, 1802. Owen Oday, sworn. Ryley came to my house, wanted a cow to pay him on account; because I would not let him have it, he abused. He seized, pushed me in the fire, etc., about this time three […]

Rodney’s Notes STATE v. BENJAMIN BLACKISTON and RISDON BISHOP. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. Undated. Indictment for horse-racing, contrary to the law passed June 24, 1786, for punishing any person for promoting, encouraging, etc., within three months, [2 Del. Cas. Laws 866]. Ridgely [for the State]. Vining, Rodney [for defendants]. William Hale. In November […]