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State case: Micajah Hicks, James Pickard, John Hadly

28 November 1810 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury acquitted Micajah Hicks; prosecution witnesses James Pickard and John Hadly were found material.

Kind of business
State case
Court
November 1810 term, 28 November 1810
People
Jurors
William Parish; Nath’l Harris; James Johnston; Fielding Lewis; John Fossett; Henry Albright; George Foust; Daniel Turrentine; Thomas Lloyd; William Leathers; John Cheek; Jacob Moulder

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 8, page 121
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the November 1810 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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