Case Name: STATE v. WILLIAM COLLINS, free Negro
Court: Delaware Court of Quarter Sessions
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1829-11
Citations: 2 Del. Cas. 260
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE v. WILLIAM COLLINS, free Negro.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 260–261

Head Matter:
STATE v. WILLIAM COLLINS, free Negro.
Court of Quarter Sessions.
November, 1829.
Stout’s Notes.
Rogers [for State]. P.P. [for defendant].
1 waistcoat [$]1.00
1 [-] skirt 1.20
1. pair linen [ — ] 1.00
1 pair cotton stockings .50
" $3.70
2
Twofold value [$]7.40
Property of Stephen Bevans.
1. Stephen Bevans, sworn, free Negro. Proves the loss of the property, and value, and that the goods are in the possession of the constable.
Whittington Clifton, constable, sworn. Defendant confessed he took the goods from the vessel Beccalellen, broke open cabin doors; goods are in my possession.
Illegible in manuscript.
Illegible in manuscript.

Opinion:
Submitted without argument or charge. Verdict, guilty.
Judgment, restitution [$]7.40. Twenty-one lashes. Sold for seven years to highest and best bidder, and committed.