Courthouse and jail: Shadrick Morriss, William Willice

John Dowell was allowed £1-17 for holding Shadrick Morriss thirty-seven days before escape and fifteen shillings for summoning William Willice’s guard.

Kind of business

Courthouse and jail

Court

August 1765 term, 13 August 1765

People

• John Dowell
• Shadrick Morriss (defendant)
• William Willice (defendant)

Amounts

£ 1-17-; 37 days; 15 shillings

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

• Folio and page 405
• Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 128
• Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30001, “County Court Minutes, 1752–1766” (State Archives film).