New Castle county, ss., the State of Delaware to Wm. R. Lynam,
and to the Sheriff or keeper of the Common Jail of said county,
Whereas ---- Davis hath this day been brought before me, the
subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the
said county, charged upon the oath of Robert Hardie with being a
runaway slave, and also as a suspicious person, traveling
without a pass, these are therefore to command you, the said Wm.
R. Lynam, forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of
the said Sheriff, or keeper of the said jail, the body of the
said Davis, and you the said Sheriff or receiver of the body of
the said Davis into your custody in the said jail, and him there
safely keep until he be thence delivered by due course of the
law.
Given under my hand and seal at New Castle this 21st day of
March, A.D., 1854.