Rowan County NcArchives News.....Hugh R. Colter - Constable 1818
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Raleigh Minerva 1818
Friday, Jan. 23, 1818
OUTRAGE
At Salisbury, in Rowan county, on the 25th inst., MR. HUGH R. COLTER, in his 
office of Constable, undertook to serve a warrant for a debt of about 20 
shillings, upon the body of THOMAS LAITON; LAITON resisted the service, seized 
a loaded musket, and discharged the contents, the muzzle of the gun being 
about a foot from MR. COLTER, into his leg - his leg is literally cut off 
being apprehended by a few tendons. The shattered bones were picked up in 
handfuls by the attending surgeons. His leg will be amputated above the knee. 
There is but little hopes, we understand, that MR. COLTER will survive his 
wound. LAITON is safely lodged in the Orange County gaol.


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