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State case: Polley McDade

27 February 1818 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The jury convicted Polley McDade, but the court set the verdict aside on her attorney’s motion.

Kind of business
State case
Court
February 1818 term, 27 February 1818
People
Jurors
Baxter Davis; Hugh McCaddams; Finney Hart; William Clark; Jarratt Yeargain; Miles Wallis; Abner Bailiff; Henry Faucett; Thomas Sellars; Jehu Bird; Joseph Stout; William R Robinson
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 9/473: February 1818 term →

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 9, page 471
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1818 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 30005, “County Court Minutes, 1815–1826” (State Archives film).
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