Superior Court of North Carolina July 5, 1803 (Thompson v. . Allen)

Hall,

Judge.

The point of his death shall be tried

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Unless the court can be satisfied that there is a strong probability of his death.

Whereupon, evidence was given that his friends have received letters stating his death j and then the cau&e was continued till next term.

The defendant’s counsel took out a sd.fa. on the law side.