Orange County Indexed
State case: Thomas Riggs
28 May 1788 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
The jury acquitted Thomas Riggs of trespass and assault; the court ordered prosecutor Samuel Devenport to pay prosecution costs.
- Kind of business
- State case
- Court
- May 1788 term, 28 May 1788
- People
- Thomas Riggs (defendant)
- Samuel Devenport (prosecutor)
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
- Minute book 4, page 122
- Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1788 term
- 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 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
