Case Name: STATE v. SAMUEL HANDY, free Negro
Court: Delaware Court of Quarter Sessions
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1829-04-28
Citations: 2 Del. Cas. 258
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. SAMUEL HANDY, free Negro.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 258–259

Head Matter:
STATE v. SAMUEL HANDY, free Negro.
Court of Quarter Sessions.
April 28, 1829.
Stout's Notes.
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. I got back no part of the lard.
2. Elijah McDonnel, offered. Heard Sam say he received from Pete, slave of J.M.C., a pot of lard on the green, took it to Parker’s, and he got a pair of shoes. Sam is free.
3. Charles C. Emory, sworn. Heard Sam say J. M. Clayton’s boy delivered to him on the green a pot of lard, carried it to Parker’s, sold it and got a pair of shoes.

Opinion:
Submitted without argument or charge. Verdict, guilty.
. Judgment. Twenty-one lashes. Pay $100. . Pay costs [of] prosecution. Sold seven years to the highest and best bidder.