Jurors for federal court trials were drawn from the entire district. In 1887, of fifty jurors drawn from 13 eastern North Carolina counties, two were African-American. One of those two was Benjamin Woodard.
Dunn (N.C.) Signboard, 28 September 1887.
Jurors for federal court trials were drawn from the entire district. In 1887, of fifty jurors drawn from 13 eastern North Carolina counties, two were African-American. One of those two was Benjamin Woodard.
Dunn (N.C.) Signboard, 28 September 1887.
Wilson Advance, 5 October 1883.
Inferior Court heard minor civil and criminal cases. Three African-American men were named jurors for Fall Term 1883.