Case Name: STATE v. JAMES TINDLE, free Negro
Court: Delaware Court of Quarter Sessions
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1829-04-28
Citations: 2 Del. Cas. 260
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. JAMES TINDLE, free Negro.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 260–260

Head Matter:
STATE v. JAMES TINDLE, free Negro.
Court of Quarter Sessions. Kent.
April 28, 1829.
Stout’s Notes.
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. James Tindle acknowledged he took it; its worth $1.00. James Tindle is a free man. I got my blanket again.
1. Elijah Douglass, Negro, sworn, witness for defendant.
2. Nancy Douglass, sworn.

Opinion:
Submitted without argument or charge. Verdict, guilty.
Judgment, $2 — twofold. Twenty-one lashes. Pay costs of prosecution. Sold seven years to any person or persons.