upon the oaths of
John Garrson Jr.,
John Hassell,
Augustus Curtis,
William Coe,
William Austin,
James Davis Jr.,
Samuel Davis,
James Garrson,
Francis Albright,
David Fairwell,
Isaac Smith,
Patrick Galliper,
Jacob McCollum,
Asa Buel,
John Cameron,
Ralph Stafford,
Peter Campbell,
James Davis Sr.,
Elisha Fairwell,
and Isaac Fairwell,
and Richard Wait,
good and careful men of said County, who being sworn and charged to inquire on the part of the people of the said State,
when, where, how, and after what manner the aforesaid William Orr came to his death, do say upon their oaths
that one James McLean of Southampton aforesaid, cordwainer, not having God before his eyes; but being moved and seduced by the Devil, on the twenty-sixth [Note: The actual date of the murders was March sixteenth, not the twenty-sixth.] day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven aforesaid at the first hour in the night of the same day, with force and arms, at Southampton in the County aforesaid in and upon the said William Orr, then and there living in the peace of God, and of the said people, feloniously, voluntarily, and of his own malice aforethought, made an assault;
and that the aforesaid James McLean, then and there, with a certain axe made of Iron and Steel of the value of fifty cents which he the said James McLean then and there held in both his hands, the aforesaid William Orr in and upon the throat of the said William Orr, then and there violently, feloniously, voluntarily and of his malice aforethought, struck and pierced, and gave to the said William Orr, then and there with the axe aforesaid in and upon the aforesaid throat of the said William Orr, one mortal wound of the length of four and an half inches, and of the depth of two inches;
and also did strike and pierce in a violent, felonious and voluntary manner and of his malice aforethought and give to the said William Orr then and there with the axe aforesaid in and upon the left side of the neck of the said William Orr, one other mortal wound of the length of four and an half inches and of the depth of two inches;
and also the said James McLean with the axe aforesaid violently, feloniously, voluntarily, and of his malice aforethought struck and pierced, and gave to the said William Orr, then and there upon the upper part of the left shoulder of the said William Orr one other wound of the length of four and an half inches and of the depth of one and an half inch;
and also the said James McLean with the axe aforesaid, violently, feloniously, voluntarily, and of his malice aforethought, struck and pierced, and gave to the said William Orr, then and there upon the left side of the body of the said William Orr at the end of the short ribs of the said William Orr, with the axe aforesaid one other wound of the length of three and an half inches,
of which said mortal wounds the aforesaid William Orr then and there instantly died; and so the said James McLean then and there feloniously killed and murdered the said William Orr against the peace of the said people of this State and their dignity.
And moreover the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said James McLean had not nor hath any goods or chattel lands or tenements within the County aforesaid or elsewhere, to the knowledge of the said jurors.
