sentences:  Five clergymen then brought suit for back pay, cases known as the Parson's Cause; of them, only the Reverend James Maury was successful, and a jury was to be empaneled in Hanover County on December 1, 1763 to fix damages.Henry was engaged as counsel by Maury's parish vestry for this hearing.Patrick Henry's father, Colonel John Henry, was the presiding judge.