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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE v. JAMES B. ELLIOT.
    Court of Quarter Sessions.
    November 18, 1829.
    
      Stout’s Notes.
    
    
      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 value as above, and that James B. Elliot confessed he stole them. I got the property restored.
    2. Theodore Her as, sworn. James B. Elliot confessed he stole the property.
    3. Milloway White, sworn. Offered to sell the horse etc. for $18.00, and I bought him.
   Submitted without argument or charge. Verdict, guilty.

Judgment, pay twofold value, $166. Stand one hour in pillory. Thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, etc. Sold seven years as a servant. Pay costs of prosecution, and committed.