On December 2, 1811, the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace convened. Presiding were Chief Judge Francois Vaugine and Associate Judges Samuel Moseley and Henry Cassidy. Patrick Cassidy served as Clerk of the Court, Daniel Mooney as Sheriff, and Perly Wallis as Attorney General. Twenty four "good and lawful men" had been summoned to be grand jurors by the writ of venire, but only eighteen appeared: Christian Pringle, Jacob and James Pyeatt, Curtis Welborn, John W. Hunt, Hewes Scull, William English, William Winter, George Roebuck, Joseph and Charles Bougy, John B. Dereausseau, John Strong, John C. Newal, Christopher Kauffman, Anthony Wolf, Peter Lefevre and Louis Dumont.

William Goodwin, Peter Edwards, Sherod Hatley, William Horner, Zacheus Phillips and Noah Rushing defaulted (did not appear) and were each fined four dollars unless they appeared before the court and showed cause for their default. Hewes Scull was appointed foreman.

Two trials occurred during this term of court. Leonard McAtee was found not guilty of threatening the life of Christian Pringle, but guilty of assault and battery on Catharine McAtee. John Miller represented him at trial. William Morrison was found guilty of threatening the life of Perly Wallis and was fined ten dollars (see Morrison v. Wallis).

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