Only two orders of the May term, 1781, will be noticed. The first is, “Ord, that Saml Tate be fined the sum of ten thousand pounds[E] for a contempt of Court and that the Clerk issue F. Facious vs his estate for the same.” On a subsequent day of the term, the clerk acknowledges the receipt of the fine imposed on Tate. The other order is: “Ordered that Jesse Greer be fined the sum of One Hundred pounds for a Contempt offered to the Court &c in refusing to deliver unto the Widow Dyckes her property as Directed By Order of the Court.” Under _their_ rules of practice, they did not require “the Widow Dyckes” to employ a lawyer and bring an action of replevin against Greer; they had heard the case at a former term “on motion,” without stating on the record who made the motion, and had directed Greer to deliver the property in question to the widow Dyckes, which he had refused to do. They did not require her to employ counsel to sue Greer and recover a judgment for the value of the property detained from her, issue execution, levy on and sell the property to satisfy the judgment; they made use of a much more direct method, by holding Mr. Greer liable for contempt, and resorting to their favorite mode of administering justice without delay--to-wit, “on motion” and “ordered.” At the May term, 1782, nothing of any considerable consequence was done. The court “nominated and appointed John Sevier William Cocke and Valentine Sevier Commissioners of Confiscation for the year 1782, whereupon sd. Comr’s entered into bond with security for the sum of Fifteen Thousand pounds, Specie.” The court, at this term, gave to a citizen who had evidently been “hiding out” permission to return to the settlements, as the following order shows: On motion that Joshua Baulding should be admitted to come in and Remain henceforth peaceably in this County. On proviso, that he comply with the Laws provided for persons being inimical to the State and have Rendered Service that will expiate any Crime that he has been Guilty of inimical to this State or the United States. The Court on considering the same Grant the sd Leave. This order, and others similar to it, which are not given place in this chapter, serve to establish beyond question the intense loyalty of the members of the court to “the common cause of liberty” (as the struggle of the Americans then going on against Great Britain was always designated), and also the vigilance with which they must have scrutinized the conduct of each individual. There can be no doubt that Baulding had fled and was hiding in the hills or mountains, and that he knew it would not be safe to return or “come in” without the permission of the court.