Crime News from Sussex County, Delaware Kidnapper The Delaware Gazette states that the notorious Jos. Johnston, who was so long concerned in kidnapping negroes, and conveying them out of the state, was tried and convicted at the last session of the court of common pleas for the county of Sussex, and sentenced to receive thirty-nine lashes on the bare back at the public whipping post, to stand in the pillory for an hour, to have his ears nailed thereto, and the soft part cut off. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) February 18, 1824 Page 2 - Submitted by Nancy Piper] ©2007 K. Torp Genealogy Trails