sentences:  On January 24, 1759, a group of men from Halifax and Edgecombe counties rode to Francis Corbin’s house in Edenton and seized him during the night.The men were upset because Corbin had extorted money from them when collecting rents for Lord Granville who controlled the land on which they lived.Corbin was taken to Enfield, along with a co-conspirator Thomas Bodley – and the men were kept in jail for four days – until they agreed to acknowledge the corruption and set records straight.