Petition #20379506
- Kent County, Delaware. filing started December 10, 1795.
- Court: County
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace now sitting at Dover in and for Kent County
Abstract
Jailed on a felony charge, Samuel Legg asserts his innocence. No one has appeared to "prosecute against him," he says, and no one ever will. He therefore asks the court to be released and sold into slavery to pay the costs incurred by his confinement.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Pages of related documents: 0
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Citation information
Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
- Court Papers c. 1776-1867
- Record group: 3805
- Folder: 211
- Microfilm: Reel 7
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