Bertie  COUNTY  NC  COURT Wimberly vs Williamson

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North Carolina
        Edenton }
October Supreme Court 1759


James Williamson late of Bertie County in the Province of
North Carolina Planter was attached to answer to Joseph
Wimberly of a Plea why with Force & Arms the Closs
Millhouse and Dwelling house of the said Joseph at Bertie
County aforesaid he broke & entered & other Enormities
then & there did to the great Damage of the said Joseph &
against the Peace of our Lord the now King his Crown &
Dignity

and Whereupon the said Joseph by Jasper Charlton his
Attorney complains That the said James on the Seventeenth
Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and Fifty Nine at Bertie County in the Province
aforesaid with Force & Arms the Closs Millhouse and
Dwelling house of the said Joseph he broke & entered and
after such breaking & Entry continued in Possession of
the said Closs Millhouse and Dwelling house against the
Will and Consent of the said Joseph for the space of
_______ Natural Days thence next following by which Means
the said Joseph during all that Time lost the use ~~
Occupation and Profits of the said Closs Dwelling house
and Millhouse & other Enormities the said James then &
there did to the Great Damage of the said Joseph &
against the Peace of our said Lord the now King his Crown
and Dignity whereupon the said Joseph saith that he is
injured & endamaged to the Value of Sixty Pounds
Proclamation Money therefore he sues &c


J Charlton Pet. Att.


On the reverse:  Wimberley vs Williamson}  Narr.  Ord'd Sup'r Court, 1759.
J Charlton Att.


Source:  Colonial Court Papers, 1759.  Supreme Court.  CCR 173.  1759 folder
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