Orange County NcArchives Court.....Inhabitants - Petition, Orange County 1768
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: 1768

Petition from inhabitants of Orange County concerning fees for lawsuits 
against debtors
Mebane, Alexander; Et Al.
1768 
Volume 07, Pages 874-875

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

To His Excellency William Tryon Esqre Captain General Governor and Commander 
in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina with his Majesties 
Honorable Council and General Assembly now sitting.

Whereas we your Humble Petitioners the Inhabitants of Orange County for the 
great confidence reposed in you and Being well convinced by many striking 
proofs especially by the Act of the last General Assembly that your Grand 
Design and Chief motive is to promote the Tranquility and secure the Interest 
and property of the whole Community and that your Chief aim is not to promote 
private but Publick good.

We your Humble Petitioners are therefore emboldened to set forth to your 
considerations by way of Petition our Humble Desires touching the passing a 
law whereby every single Justice of the peace may be Impowered to Grant a 
warrant and give Judgment for the sum of Five pounds Proclamation Money of 
this Province with Stay of Execution for three months, the Defendant giving 
Sufficient Security

By virtue of such a Law we humbly conceive that each creditor may as 
effectually obtain his Right and with much less trouble and cost to himself 
and Debtor than by Law as now Established and forasmuch as a multiplicity of 
Business will Consequently lie before each Justice in this Province we Humbly 
Submit to your wisdoms to Tax small fees on every proceeding on such warrant 
as well as for the Justice as Cunstable which may in some Degree be Equivalent 
to their trouble

And now in Humble Confidence we Rest satisfied knowing that whatsoever appears 
to you to make most for the Publick good will be done and we your Humble 
Petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever Pray

Alexdr Mebane 
John Hennen 
William Phillips 
John Butler 
William Jackson 
William Trousdale 
John Holt 
Samuel Parks 
John Armstrong 
Wm Raney 
Jas Allison 
Jas Wilkins 
Thos Kennady 
William Brakin 
John Davidson 
Christopher Holt 
William Wiley 
David Hopkins 
David Philips 
William Forbis 
Wm Hopkins 
Jas Hix 
John Murray 
James Fruit 
James McCaul 
James Morrow 
David Phillips 
Peter Holt 
Conway Flail 
Samuel Means 
William Davis 
William Galbreath 
William Neill 
William Oneal 
William Peney 
Thomas Anderson 
Henry Soner 
Andn Galbreath 
Robt Marley 
Lewis Simmons 
John Rainey 
Philip Goodbread 
John Richards 
Jas Harbison 
Wm Roasbrock 
John Powitt 
Hue McConwell 
John Dennis 
Isaac Low 
Pritchard Tropel

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