State of North Carolina
Chowan County—}
At a Court begun & held ^at Edenton^ for this twenty first Day of July one thousand Seven hundred & eighty one, for the Tryal of a Negro Man Jim, now the Property, and Slave of Major Josiah Copeland, for having in his Possession a Quantity of Powder Shott & Sugar contrary to Law
Present
| John Baptist Beasley | |
| Charles Bondfield | }Esqrs Justices |
| Thomas White |
| William Hoskins | |
| Jacob Simons | Gentlemen Freeholders— |
| Lemuel Creecy | |
| Jonathan Boulton |
The Court Hearing the Testimony against the Prisoner Order he shall be Carried to the Publick Whiping Post & there receive one hundred Stripes well laid on his bare Back & then Discharged, his Owner to Pay all Costs
