ONE Toplin, an attorney, was indicted for common barratry, but acquitted by the jury. Whereupon he threatened the witnesses with a prosecution in the Star Chamber, and it appearing to the court that he was a notable knave, he was bound to his good behaviour.
Toplin's Case, 1 N.C. 6, 1 Mart. 6 (1793)
1793
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United States Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina
1 N.C. 6, 1 Mart. 6
Toplin’s Case,
Pasch, 1 Car.