State v. Wiley

1 Del. Cas. 360 Court Court of Quarter Sessions. New Castle. English

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STATE v. WILEY.

Court of Quarter Sessions. New Castle.

December, 1794.

Bayard’s Notebook, 86.

Vandyke for State. Read and Bayard for defendant.

The Court held that notice should have been given of the nuisance or the defendant’s knowledge of it proved, without which she could not be convicted.

The jury accordingly gave a verdict for defendant.