State case: Andrew Brooks

The jury convicted Andrew Brooks and imposed a £5 fine plus costs.

Kind of business

State case

Court

February 1790 term, 27 May 1790

People

• Andrew Brooks (defendant)

Jurors

Rob’t Tinning; Jas Lapsley; Sam’l Craig; Jno Rhoads; Rob’t Neal; Jas Thompson; Benj’n Yeargan; Jno Ray; Jas Tate; Wm Sheppard; Jno Douglass; Wm Burns

Amounts

£5.0

Reading note: Plaintiff [sic] was read as the indicted defendant. The offense was unspecified; May court_date conflicted with February source_term.

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 274
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1790 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).