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Suit: James Crutcher, John Stroud

May 1797 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

James Crutcher recovered on John Stroud’s notes with damages and costs; jurors rejected the gaming contract defense.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1797 term
People
Jurors
James Wilson; Robert Thompson; David Denning; Thomas Fitch; John Bullock; Frederick Williams; David Patterson; Peter Smith; Mann Patterson; David Copeland; David Bradford; Josiah Warren
Amounts
£25; £2.5

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 218
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1797 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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