Oborne was impeached and convicted in his impeachment trial before the Georgia Senate in December 1791 of election fraud in the election of Anthony Wayne to the U.S. House of Representatives, and removed from his judgeship. His citizenship was restored under the Georgia constitution of 1798.
Oborne's position as a judge was terminated after being found guilty in a trial before the Georgia Senate in December 1791 of electoral irregularities in the election of Anthony Wayne to the U.S. House of Representatives, and his citizenship was subsequently restored under the Georgia constitution of 1798.