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State case: Wm Kelley

27 August 1790 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury convicted Wm Kelley of assault; the court imposed a penny fine plus costs.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1790 term, 27 August 1790
People
Jurors
Jno Kelley; Jno Freeland; Wm Strudwick; Joseph Dixon; Dav’d Allison; Roswell Huntington; Thomas Watts; Edw’d Trice; Jno McCabe; Ro Ferguson; James Cozort; Wm Jackson
Amounts
1d

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 306
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 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).
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