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Costs in the Case of Rex vs. Negro Zadock (1749) Indictments

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Costs in the Case of Rex vs. Negro Zadock (1749) – Indictments

Overview

This collection is a single scanned image of the cost sheet for the 1749 indictments in the New Haven County Superior Court case Rex vs. Negro Zadock. The image, preserved by the Connecticut State Library, records the monetary amounts assigned to each indictment and pleading, the defendants involved, and the court officials who authorized the charges. The material is in English and is part of the library’s New Haven County court records project, which focuses on Black, African American, and Indigenous history.

Background

The case was heard in New Haven, Connecticut, in February 1749. The defendant, referred to as “Negro Zadock,” was a Black individual charged with a series of offenses. The Connecticut State Library’s digitization effort, under the NHSC BAAI (New Haven County Superior Court – Black, African American, and Indigenous) program, has indexed this cost sheet in the Nhsc Baai Cases Papers Subject database, providing controlled subject terms such as “indictments,” “court costs,” “forgery,” and “false bills.”

Contents

The scanned page lists the following entries:

| Defendant | Charge | Cost | |-----------|--------|------| | Zadock Rago | Indictment | $5,000 | | Sam Wadd | False bills (fingerprinting) | $5,000 | | Jam Wreed | Forgery | $6,000 | | Nath Woolson | Indictment | $5,000 | | Nath Woolson | Pleading | $8,000 | | Dan Tucker | Indictment | $5,000 | | Unspecified | Indictment | $0.00 |

The sheet is addressed to “Richard Hall Alta,” notes the involvement of an “Informer & family,” and shows approval by the court committee (27‑0‑0). The image file is available in both JPEG and TIFF formats (RG003NHSCBAAIPSCostsRexvsNegroZadock005.jpg / .tif).

Scope

The collection covers a single fiscal record from February 1749, detailing costs for seven indictments and one pleading in the Rex vs. Negro Zadock case. It is limited to the cost sheet; full trial transcripts, indictments, or court opinions are not included. The material is geographically bound to New Haven, Connecticut, and temporally confined to the year 1749. It is relevant for researchers studying 18th‑century criminal proceedings, the legal treatment of Black defendants, and the administrative record‑keeping of the New Haven Superior Court.

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@connecticut_state_library:organization {full_name: "Connecticut State Library"}

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@zadock_rago:person {full_name: "Zadock Rago"}

@sam_wadd:person {full_name: "Sam Wadd"}

@jam_wreed:person {full_name: "Jam Wreed"}

@nath_woolson:person {full_name: "Nath Woolson"}

@dan_tucker:person {full_name: "Dan Tucker"}

@informer_family:organization {description: "Informer and family"}

@committee:organization {description: "Court Committee"}


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@indictment_vs_sam_wadd_false_bills:document {type: "Indictment", cost: 5000} -> defendant -> @sam_wadd

@indictment_vs_jam_wreed_forgery:document {type: "Indictment", cost: 6000} -> defendant -> @jam_wreed

@indictment_vs_nath_woolson:document {type: "Indictment", cost: 5000} -> defendant -> @nath_woolson

@pleading_of_nath_woolson:document {type: "Pleading", cost: 8000} -> defendant -> @nath_woolson

@indictment_vs_dan_tucker:document {type: "Indictment", cost: 5000} -> defendant -> @dan_tucker

@indictment_unspecified:document {type: "Indictment", cost: 0}


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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> contains -> @indictment_vs_jam_wreed_forgery

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> contains -> @indictment_vs_nath_woolson

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> contains -> @pleading_of_nath_woolson

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> contains -> @indictment_vs_dan_tucker

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> contains -> @indictment_unspecified


@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> addressed to -> @richard_hall_alta

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@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> mentions -> @informer_family

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> date -> @date_1749

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_rexvsnegrozadock_005_jpg -> location -> @new_haven_connecticut

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To Richard Hall Alta Indicted in Feb. 1749 $5,000 Informer & family To Indictment vs Zadock Rago $5,000 To Indictment vs Sam Wadd for Fingerprinting False Bills $5,000 To Indictment vs Jam Wreed for Forgery $6,000 To Indictment vs Nath Woolson $5,000 To Pleading of Woolson $8,000 To Indictment vs Dan Tucker $5,000 To Indictment $0.00 Court allowed by Committee 27-0-0

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