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State case: Benjamin Starks, Joel Tate

August 1806 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Jurors convicted Benjamin Starks of trespass and acquitted Joel Tate; Starks received two weeks’ imprisonment, followed by detention pending security and payment.

Kind of business
State case
Court
August 1806 term
People
Jurors
Wm Cabe; Alex’r Boreland; John McMullen; Robert Murrow; Owen Lindsey; James Shepperd; Joseph Bason; Henry Lewis; Robert Murdock; Isaac Griffis; Tobias Smith; Tho Browning
Other dates
two Weeks

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 179
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the August 1806 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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