CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - COURT - New Bern District Court Civil Action Papers 1774 ----¤¤¤¤---- New Bern District Court Civil Action papers DSCR.206.325.1 Folder: 1774 Information: Arrest warrant for Patty LANE alias FAIL, wife of Thomas LANE alias FAIL, for perjury. Bottom left of page has word ³Smms² and list of names, apparently witnesses in the case. Names are: John HANKS, John BRAND, Britton FIELDS, Charles HINES, George MILLER, Jos. HERRING, John GARLAND Date: 6 July 1774 Date of: Warrant County: Dobbs Folder: 1774 Information: Order that George MILLER, Simon BRIGHT Esquires and James BRIGHT serve at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer for the District of New Bern and that Thos. WILLIAMS, Joseph GREEN, and Spyers SINGLETON be appointed Petit jurors to serve at the same court. Date: April Inferior Court 1774 Date of: Order County: Dobbs Folder: 1774 Information: John HULL agst. Joseph SMITH: Summary of court actions leading to appeal to District court: A warrant was issued for Joseph SMITH, schoolmaster, to answer a charge of trespass and damage to John HULL to the amount of 20 pounds. HULL appeared in court with John COOKE his attorney. SMITH posted bail with Richard CASWELL and Samuel CASWELL his bondsmen. SMITH appeared in court with his attorney Thomas GRAY and pled that the declaration in the petition was not sufficient to answer the charge. The matter was postponed twice, then a jury consisting of Benjamin SHEPPARD, William DAWSON, George BELL, James JORDAN, Richard SMITH, Thomas BURK, Benjamin SCARBOROUGH, Lewis GRIFFIN, William FOOT, Jesse JONES, Michael PICKET, & Francis HODGES decided for HULL to the amount of 5 pounds plus 6 pence costs. SMITH objected to the decision, and it was postponed again. The judgement was confirmed, and SMITH appealed. He entered into bond with James GLASGOW and Thomas GRAY, bondsmen. Date: October term 1772/July term 1774/October term 1774 Date of: First court appearance/first judgement rendered/appeal made County: Dobbs ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Guptill ___________________________________________________________________