In 1822, Delaware free man of color John Hutson was indicted and convicted on four counts of larceny. He was sentenced to pay $118.45 restitution or spend seven years as a term slave. Unable to pay, he was sold for $265 to Benjamin F. Barstow, a resident of Georgia. When his term expired Hutson returned to Delaware and asked David C. Wilson, sheriff of New Castle County, to refund to him the difference between the amount of restitution required by the court and his sale price. The sheriff informed him that he had turned the surplus over to the State Treasury. Hutson asks the legislature for the money.
Result: Senate: read, referred.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
