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Suit: Joseph Brittain, Tyrie Harriss

August 1765 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Joseph Brittain retracted his accusation of partiality against magistrate Tyrie Harriss and asked forgiveness after Harriss prosecuted him.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
August 1765 term
People

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 414
  • Published abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, 1752–1766, page 132
  • 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).
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