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2 Del. Cas. 208

Shawn v. Bishop

Delaware Court of Common Pleas

Decided May 15, 1804

Delaware Court of Common Pleas · decided 1804-05-15

Decided 1804-05-15

Per Curiam.

¶1This cause has been fully argued [on] points in dispute between the counsel etc. The Act they call a badge of slavery and antiquated, is improperly so called, and is now in force, and as the law of the land, is part of their evidence. The Act is not a penal law in the sense they speak of it. If Bishop by himself or his agent conveyed Cloak out, he is answerable, and the master in a civil suit is answerable for his slave to the . amount of the slave. If a debt from Cloak to Shawn be proved, you may find to the amount of it, provided it appears to you Cloak was solvent to that amount.

¶2Verdict for plaintiff £78.10.0.

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