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State case: James Faucett

February 1805 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

An acquittal was entered for James Faucett, followed by an error notation discharging the jury.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1805 term
People
Jurors
Andrew Gray; James Ray; George Foust; John Campbell; Rob’t Mebane; Jacob Green; John Davis; John Morgan; James Williams; William Mangum; John Woody; John Comb

Reading note: The relationship between the acquittal and subsequent error notation was unclear; neither was suppressed.

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 7, page 13
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1805 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 30004, “County Court Minutes, 1805–1814” (State Archives film).
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