
    STATE v. GEORGE DERRY.
    Court of Quarter Sessions. Kent.
    May 11, 1802.
    Rodney’s Notes.
    
    
      Vandyke [for State], Ridgély, Clayton [for defendant].
    Sophia Darling sworn. Hannah Walmsley. Hannah Morris. Abner Douglas for prisoner. Charles Townsend, Corneille Battle.
    
      Clayton for prisoner.
    Cause rests upon the credit of Sophia Darling, a white woman, married to a black or yellow man.
    
      E. Ridgély.
    
    Shoes so much alike, difficult to identify, etc.
    Attorney General in conclusion.
   Verdict, guilty, and sentence thirteen lashes, etc.  