Docket of the Superior Court at Hillsborough
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[Sept 1770]
Trial Causes In Hillsborough Superior Court September Term A.D. 1770 - SEPT 1770
| Case No. | Initial/Ref | Parties | Action Type | Pleas / Notes | Remarks / Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F & W / N | John McMurray v William Courtney | Q.C.F. (4) | General issue | Damned roguery |
| 2 | F | John Childs v Richard Simpson | Case (5) | Refroide & vide mem. Book | You keep that to yourselves, to rogue every Body |
| 3 | W / Hoe | John Williams, Esqr. v Robert Mitchell | Case (6) | General issue | pay cost & be put in the stocks plaintiff |
| 4 | W / McG | William Brown v John Brown | Detinue (7) | General issue | a shame for Namesakes |
| 5 | F / M | Edmund Fanning v James Bynum | Slander (10) | Jury find the defendant guilty; assess £5 damages and C costs. Motion in arrest of judgment. | We were certain of that but no fair Trial |
| 6 | W / D Hoe | Frederick Williams v George McGown | Case (12) | Plea to be entered when name is filed. Condition performs & issue. Another plea to be entered. | [None recorded] |
| 7 | F | Benjamin Drummond v John Lambert | Slander (13) | Justification— Error | Plaintiff pays costs |
| 8 | F + W / P McG | Daniel Williams v John Williams | Case (15) | General issue | The Elder pays cost |
| 9 | F | Peter Noey v. Edmund Fanning | Appeal (16) | Apply be consent | Fanning must pay |
| 10 | F | Edmund Fanning v. Abraham Smith | Trover (18) | Judgment by default | Fanning pays cost but loses nothing |
| 11 | A & W | Ezekiel Brumfield v. Philip Alston | Case (19) | General issue | Death by the law for Brumfield |
| 12 | F / Hoe | Josiah Hogan v. Hermon Husband | Case (21) | General issue | Hogan pays + be damned |
| 13 | F | Ezekiel Brumfield v. James Ferrell | Slander (22) | Not guilty & Justification | Nonsense let them agree for Ferrell has gone Hellward |
| 14 | W / F | Michael Wilson v. David Harris | T.A.B. (23) | plea in abatement filed, General plea overruled, & Respondent ouster awarded not guilty with leave | All Harris's are rogues |
| 15 | W | John Edwards v. Philip Edwards | Case (24) | non assumpsit | Damn'd shame |
| 16 | McG | Thomas Trammel v. William Dunagan | Case (29) | Ref’d rule set aside for trial next court | Dunnegan pays |
| 34 | W / F | Thomas Jones v. Dennis McConnor | [TNA?] (22) | Not guilty with leave. agreed fee £2.7. stay execution till Infr Court | Anything for money. Fees paid by Johnston = thanks to John Coolie |
| 56 | Mo / F | Thomas Richards v. Robinson York | Case (46) | General issue by mistake. General issue (no but plea of abatement) | plaintiff pays all & gets his Body, scourg’d for blasphemy |
| 60 | HHo | Hermon Husband v. Joseph Mattocks | 63 | Ex’d in the hands of Francis Nash and he summed as garnishee. Garnishee sworn saith he has in his hands £54.4-9 judgment by default. | Right enough |
| 63 | F / Hoo | Robert Reed & Co. v. Nancy Husband | Debt (71) | Non est factum | plaintiff pays cost |
| 67 | F / Ho | Valentine Braswell v Duncan McNeal admr of Hector McNeal | Case (86) | Declaration—plea to be filed | file it & be damned |
| 68 | F | Silas Bowen v William Lewis | Case (91) | Judgment by default | the man was sick & it tis damned roguery |
| 70 | F | Solomon Ferril v James Ferril | attmt | Executed on 2 Negroes | Executed by a damned Rogue & Bail not sufficient. Negroes not worth a Damn & lost cost exceeds ends the whole |