Only one document from this case survives, but with the help of the court record book more of its story can be assembled. George Bentley originally sued Archer Wilborne in the Superior Court. A jury trial was held on Saturday, April 17, 1824. The jurors were William Shipley, William E. Woodruff, Joseph Walker, James Lockhart, R. A. Rowland, David Barber, Maurice Brown, John Morrison, Matthew Alexander, William Strong, Henry L. Biscoe and Samuel McHenry. Oddly, three days earlier, Wilborne had been tried for larceny. The jury had convicted him but the court "arrested judgment" and released him. The jury at Wilborne's criminal trial contained some of the same men now on the jury at his civil trial: John Morrison, James Lockhart and William Strong. At the conclusion of this trial, the jury found for Wilborne. Therefore the court ordered that he recover his costs from Bentley. Wilborne applied for a writ of execution, which was issued by Clerk David McKinney. Costs were determined to total $46.16. Sheriff Henry Armstrong served the writ on Bentley and successfully executed it, returning with the exact amount.

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