Articles Tagged: Stout’s Notes

Stout’s Notes STATE v. ISAAC COLLINS, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November 19, 1829. Rogers [for State]. Layton [for defendant]. 1 pair fustian trousers value [$]1.00 1 pair cotton trousers value 2.00 _____________ $3.00 2 _____________ Twofold value $6.00 Property [of] Isaac Watson. 1. Isaac Watson, sworn. About ten, October 4, in […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. SAMUEL HANDY, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. April 28, 1829. Ruth [for State]. Seven bushels Indian corn [at] 40 = [$]2.80 4 _________ [$]11.20 Property of Nehemiah Clark. 1. Nehemiah Clark, sworn. I know I lost the corn. I suppose six, eight, ten or twelve bushels were taken […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JOHN WOODLIN, free Mulatto. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November, 1829. 2 ganders value .33 each [$]0.66 1 goose value .33 _________ $0.99 fourfold value 4 _________ [$]3.96 Property [of] George Culver. 1. George Culver, sworn. I lost the geese out of my pasture on November 7, 1829. I don’t […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. SAMUEL HANDY, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. April 28, 1829. Rogers [for State]. 250 kegs lard [equal] $25.00 4 ______________ $100.00 Property of John M. Clayton. 1. John M. Clayton, sworn. All the kegs [of] lard my family had was taken off in the month of March last. […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. GEORGE COLLINS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April 19, 1831. Fraine [for State]. Wooten [for defendant]. Five cords wood, each cord valued $1.75 = $8.75 4 _______ Fourfold $35.00 Property [of] Turpin Wright, Jacob Wright, and Charles Wright. 1. John Quillin, sworn. Saw George Collins take the wood […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. ELISHA CAREY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex. November 16, 1829. Rogers [for State]. E. D. Cullen [for defendant]. 1. Peter Marsh, Negro, sworn. Elisha Carey struck me with his whip on my jaw and much disabled me. I suffered much in ears. White people were present and saw it. […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JAMES TINDLE, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. April 28, 1829. Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant]. In stealing a blanket value [$]1.00 2-fold _________ [$]2.00 Property of James C. Jackson. 1. James C. Jackson, sworn. I lost a woolen blanket the latter part of last October. […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JAMES B. ELLIOT. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November 18, 1829. Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant]. 1 Bay gelding value [$]75.00 1 saddle 6.00 2 bridles 2.00 __________ [$]83.00 2 __________ Twofold value [$]166.00 Property [of] Meshak Elliot. 1. Meshak Elliot, sworn. Proves the property to be his, the […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JOHN BENNETT. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. April 27, 1829. Rogers [for State]. Bates [for defendant]. 1. Percy Griffith, sworn. I have been at John Bennett’s house previous to November 1, 1827. I have bought liquor of him by less measure than a quart. Two or three cents […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JAMES TINDLE, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. April 28, 1829. Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant]. In stealing a blanket value [$]1.00 2-fold _________ [$]2.00 Property of James C. Jackson. 1. James C. Jackson, sworn. I lost a woolen blanket the latter part of last October. […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JAMES B. ELLIOT. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November 18, 1829. Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant]. 1 Bay gelding value [$]75.00 1 saddle 6.00 2 bridles 2.00 __________ [$]83.00 2 __________ Twofold value [$]166.00 Property [of] Meshak Elliot. 1. Meshak Elliot, sworn. Proves the property to be his, the […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JOHN BENNETT. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Kent County. April 27, 1829. Rogers [for State]. Bates [for defendant]. 1. Percy Griffith, sworn. I have been at John Bennett’s house previous to November 1, 1827. I have bought liquor of him by less measure than a quart. Two or three cents […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. SOLOMON NUTTER, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April 19, 1831. Frame [for State]. Layton [for defendant]. One cassinette coat value $4.00 4 ________ Fourfold [$]16.00 Property of Sylvester Hickman. 1. Sylvester Hickman, sworn. I lost a cassinette coat; when it was missed Solomon Nutter was about […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. POLLY DEPUTY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November 19, 1829. Rogers [for State]. Layton [for defendant]. One goose, value [$]0.33 4 _________ Fourfold [$]1.32 Property of Alexander Kinney. 1. Alexander Kinney, sworn. Proves loss of the goose, value, time and place, etc. 2. Luke Donavin, sworn. Page 268 3. James […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. WILLIAM COLLINS, free Negro. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November, 1829. Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant]. 1 waistcoat [$]1.00 1 [___][1] skirt 1.20 1 pair linen [___][2] 1.00 1 pair cotton stockings .50 _________ $3.70 2 _________ Twofold value [$]7.40 [1] Illegible in manuscript. [2] Illegible in manuscript. Page […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. ROBERT WALLER and NATHANIEL WALLER. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. November 16, 1829. Rogers [for State]. Thomas Robinson [for defendants]. 1. Elijah Hatfield, sworn. Robert and Nathaniel Waller, military commissioners, came to my house, took down my gun. I seized the gun, they caught me by the throat, […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. ISAAC JONES and JOSHUA HURLEY. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware. November 18, 1829. Rogers [for State]. Layton [for defendants]. 1. Elizabeth O’Day, sworn. Mr. Jones came to my house after dark, and wanted to come in. My doors were closed. He wanted his pocket-book. I offered it to him through […]

Stout’s Notes STATE v. JAMES WALLS and LEVIN WALLS. Court of Quarter Sessions of Delaware, Sussex County. April 18, 1831. Wooten [for State]. P.P. [for defendants]. 1. Isaac Jones, sworn. Proves throwing eggs at his wife and other things harder than eggs. 2. John H. Elligood, sworn. Mrs. Jones came running into my house to […]