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State case: Thomas Morgan

27 August 1795 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury acquitted Thomas Morgan of assault; prosecutor Walham Wood was ordered to pay costs.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1795 term, 27 August 1795
People
Jurors
Rich’d Stanford; James Walker; Wm Stroud; Alex Straine; James Tate; Francis Barldridge; Wm Rider; Owen Lindley; Thomas Oneal; Francis Dunn; Thomas Horne; James Philips

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 5, page 38
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1795 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 30003, “County Court Minutes, 1795–1804” (State Archives film).
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