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PATTV CANNON.Wilmington, Afcity 19.—VV'e Mime tune since gave a statement respecting certain discoveries wluclt were recently made in Sussex. and of the arrest and imprisonment of Patty -Cannon, on the charge of being concerned in the murder of a number of individuals in and near the borders of that County. Wo inadvertently stated that her trial might be expe ted to take place about the tune of the publication. It was the Court *f Common Pleas winch was then in session, and by the Constitution of our State the trial for cupitul offences is confined to (he Supreme Court, whose regular session does not tuke place in that County until August next. Several bills of indictment were found against the old woman, but alio bus saved the Court the (rouble of trying, and perhaps the Sherdf thur ol performing even a more unpleasant duty, as she dred hi Jail on the I lib instant.During our hue viait into Sussex County, we heard an an-ecdote related of the old woman and others connected in the i111liie oi stealing and selling blacks, which is, perhaps, worth relating. Several bladi men were employed by the concern, ( in (lie business of inveigling negroes into the meshes of their net, and among the rest wu» one who was exceedingly expert m the bh*ine»s. This individual, upon one occasion, prevail ed upon a man vho was u slave to a person residing m Woi coster Countv, Md , unci had a free wife and seven male chil- lt;dren, between the ages of b and 18 years, to accompany him lt;to Camden, in this Siate, with the assurance that he would be able to procure a pass from the members of the Friend-Soviet) in that place, with which lie would he enabled to pus* into tlie si ait* of Njw Jersey, and escape from the service of { hu master. He accordingly conduc ed Inin to the house ol ( Party Cannon, where ho was furnished with a document with | a large seal ton, and amused with the idea of being Airmail ed with a coiivoumc to the place of hie supposed doMinatemMis conductor then left mm. and going immediately back •». I ms vvito and children, and telling them a tine tale of Ihefavo- . ruble atiuoiiou then husband and father Imd procured, mdu t ed them to follow mm, a ho were ilso convened into the same trap, and the next morn ng after I heir arrival thoy were .ill • shipped olf, never more io he heard ol by their reluiions u. ft tends. Tins account was furnished to our mforuioi by ano 11ier black who mid been employed in the same business tithe despicable concern. tiaztUe*
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Wilmington Delaware Register
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Sat, May 23, 1829
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