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- Colonial and Regulator years · 1680–1774
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Samuel Devinney and John Philip Hartzo are convicted over the horse rescue
Each was fined 25 pounds and given three months in jail, but Tryon soon freed the prisoners and put off collecting their fines for three months.
People: William Tryon · Samuel Devinney
Subject: Orange County jail, Hillsborough
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William Butler is convicted of riot at the Hillsborough superior court
With Governor Tryon's militia in Hillsborough for the September 1768 term, the superior court tried the Regulator cases. Herman Husband was acquitted; William Butler was found guilty on two counts and sentenced to a fine of 50 pounds and six months in prison, but Tryon released him and suspended the fines.
Part of The Regulator crisis, 1766–1771 · 90 events
People: Herman Husband · William Tryon · Samuel Devinney
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Regulator threats keep the Hillsborough superior court from sitting
At the March 1771 term the Hillsborough District superior court recorded that the Regulators led by Herman Husband, James Hunter, Rednap Howell, William Butler and Samuel Devinney, who had broken up the September court, were still threatening judges, lawyers and officers, so none attended. The court was continued to September 1771.
Part of The Regulator crisis, 1766–1771 · 90 events
People: James Hunter · Herman Husband · Rednap Howell · Samuel Devinney
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