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State case: Wm P Ray

26 February 1812 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury acquitted Wm P Ray, and the court ordered the unnamed prosecutor to pay costs.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1812 term, 26 February 1812
People
Jurors
William Carter; John Shaw; Isham Brewer; John Johnston; Samuel Thompson; Thomas Lynch; William M Ballard; James Herndon; Edward Riggains; Rich’d Cheek; William Hobbs; William Warren

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 319
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1812 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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