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Anecdotes and Oddities From a North Carolina Trial
A Raleigh Register note cites an eccentric trial scene with a blustery legal speech and dramatic narration. It mentions Arthur Wake of Wake county in his 119th year in good health, plus quips about wealth, printing labor, and a child asking about wearing new clothes in warm weather.
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London
Arthur Wake
Wake County
North Carolina
Raleigh Register
Wake
Shay
America
Juste Department
Messrs
G. W. Hewett & Co
GEO. R. Graitiam & CO
Philadelphia
Penn
Judy
Morrai
William B. Moffat
Broadway
N.Y
Maiat
Faiblaaw BR Mor
Browlway
Howe
Pho
United Sates
Canadas
Overees & Fenimore