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Bristol vs. John Osgood (1773)
Case continued from March 1772 to December 1773 when both parties defaulted.
- Plaintiff: Bristol
- Defendant: John Osgood Esq.
- Attorney: Nathaniel Peaslee Sargeant Esq.
- Attorney: William Pynchon Esq.
Essex Court of Common Pleas
- March 1772 Ipswich: Case initially filed
- July 1772 Salem: Case continued
- September 1772 Newburyport: Case continued
- December 1772 Salem: Case continued
- March 1773 Ipswich: Case continued
- July 1773 Salem: Case continued
- September 1773 Newburyport: Case continued
- December 1773 Salem: Case disposed
- Justice: Caleb Cushing Esq.
- Justice: Andrew Oliver Jun. Esq.
- Justice: Peter Frye Esq.
- Disposition: Both parties defaulted.
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Sources
- Please review Court Formalities to understand the court documents. Note especially that phrases such as 'with force & arms' and specific dates for keeping the Plaintiff in servitude are formal statements not meant to reflect actual occurences.
- ECCP Record of December 1773, the final session that both parties in Bristol vs. Osgood failed to appear.