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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Salem, the Supreme Judicial Court reviewed John Murray's lawsuit against Gloucester's first parish for recovering monies taken by distress for parish minister support. Jury deadlocked; case deferred to next term.
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On Wednesday last, in the afternoon, before the Supreme Judicial Court, sitting in this town, came on, by review, the trial of the action brought by Mr. John Murray against the first parish in Gloucester, for the recovery of Monies due to him as a public Teacher of Piety, Religion and Morality, and which had been taken by distress from certain persons, hearers of Mr. Murray, in order to be applied to the support of the Minister of the parish. The Counsel were, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Hitchbourne for the Plaintiff. Mr. Parsons and Mr. Bradbury for the Defendant. The pleadings were finished on Thursday evening, when the Judges delivered their respective opinions of the case, as founded upon the third article of the Bill of Rights, and committed it to the Jury. At ten o'clock the next day, they came into Court, when the Foreman declared, that they could not agree upon a verdict; on which the Court referred the decision of the cause to the next term.
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Salem
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On Wednesday Last
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the jury could not agree upon a verdict; the court referred the decision of the cause to the next term.
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Before the Supreme Judicial Court in Salem, the trial by review of the action brought by Mr. John Murray against the first parish in Gloucester for recovery of monies due as a public Teacher of Piety, Religion and Morality, taken by distress from certain persons to support the parish Minister. Counsel: Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Hitchbourne for Plaintiff; Mr. Parsons and Mr. Bradbury for Defendant. Pleadings finished Thursday evening; Judges delivered opinions based on third article of Bill of Rights and committed to Jury. Next day, Foreman declared inability to agree.