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State case: Jonathan Forrest

November 1804 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors acquitted Jonathan Forrest, and the court ordered the unnamed prosecutor to pay costs.

Kind of business
State case
Court
November 1804 term
People
Jurors
Wm Thompson; Hugh Mulhollan; John Holmes; James Thompson; John Casey; Robert Tinnen; Andrew McBroom; John McDaniel; John Hughes; James Minnis; Peter Shoftner; John Riggs

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 6, page 615
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 1804 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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