State case: Sam

Sam was acquitted of burglary but convicted of grand larceny; the court granted clergy, ordered branding and subsequently recorded that the sentence was carried out.

Kind of business

State case

Court

May 1812 term, 27 May 1812

People

• Sam (defendant; status unclear)

Jurors

Thomas Latta; John Loy; Baxter Davis; Aaron Walker; John McCauley; William Faucett; William Holt; Wm M Ballard; Samuel Thompson; Thomas Vincent; William Palmer; Joseph B Shaw

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 361
• Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 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).