Commemorative Composite Photograph of the Members of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on the 250th Anniversary of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, Edenton, NC, 9 May 2017, PHC.249
Abstract
Commemorative Composite Photograph of the Members of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on the 250th Anniversary of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, Edenton, NC. The court heard oral arguments in two cases in the historic Chowan County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - one involving a man seeking to overturn his convictions in the death of a 5-year-old child, the other involving a former police chief seeking to recover employee benefits from the city of Greensboro. The Supreme Court session Tuesday was its third in the 1767 Chowan Courthouse in the past 13 years. It first held a court session in the historic courtroom in 2004. Its second visit was in May 2013 in recognition of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Edenton. The May 9, 2017, session in the 1767 Chowan Courthouse in Edenton is only the fourth NC Supreme Court session that has been held outside Raleigh since 1861 and was held in celebration of the courthouse's 250th anniversary this year.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Commemorative Composite Photograph of the Members of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on the 250th Anniversary of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, Edenton, NC, 9 May 2017
- Call Number
- PHC.249
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 2017
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Commemorative Composite Photograph of the Members of the Supreme Court of North Carolina
on the 250th Anniversary of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, Edenton, NC. The court
heard oral arguments in two cases in the historic Chowan County Courthouse on Tuesday,
May 9, 2017 - one involving a man seeking to overturn his convictions in the death
of a 5-year-old child, the other involving a former police chief seeking to recover
employee benefits from the city of Greensboro.
The Supreme Court session Tuesday was its third in the 1767 Chowan Courthouse in the
past 13 years. It first held a court session in the historic courtroom in 2004. Its
second visit was in May 2013 in recognition of the 300th anniversary of the founding
of Edenton. The May 9, 2017, session in the 1767 Chowan Courthouse in Edenton is only
the fourth NC Supreme Court session that has been held outside Raleigh since 1861
and was held in celebration of the courthouse's 250th anniversary this year. Photograph
is autographed by all seven Justices - Mark Martin (Chief Justice), Cheri Beasley,
Sam J. Ervin IV, Robin E. Hudson, Barbara Jackson, Michael R. Morgan, and Paul Martin
Newby.