Spring Term AD 1897,
                   Wednesday May 19-1897,
above stated cause by his attorneys and moves the court to grant
him a continuance in this cause until the next term of this court,
because of the absence of R.F. Tillis, a material witness for the defend-
ant, and now said motion having been submitted to the court, and
argued by both counsel for plaintiff and defendant, and the
court being advised in the premises doth decide and order, that said
motion be and the same is hereby overruled, to which ruling and
order of the court the defendant by his attorney then and there
excepted, which exceptions were noted.      (by the Court
 Whereupon by argument of Counsel, C.M. Lynch, was appointed^
stenographer to take the testimony of witnesses in the case of the
State of Florida vs William G. Shehee, charged with murder, who
was accordingly sworn in by the Clerk of this Court as such
stenographer,

State of Florida  }    Syd L. Carter, N.M. Allred
      vs          } Murder of J.S. Taylor
William G. Shehee }     R.W. Davis, B.A. Thrasher, Evan Haile
              And now on this day this cause came on to be 
heard, Syd L. Carter State Attorney and N.M. Allred Assistant
State Attorney prosecuting in the name and by the authority
of the State of Florida and the prisoner William G. Shehee
being now in open Court in his proper person as also his attorneys
R.W. Davis, B.A. Thrasher and Evans Haile Esgrs, and now the
prisoner being brought to the bar herein under the custody of
L.W. Fennell Sheriff of Alachua County to which Sheriff
he is likewise committed was arraigned and upon his arraign-
ment saith that he is not guilty of the charge as alleged in the
Indictment against him and for good and evil puts himself
upon God and the Country for trial, Whereupon a jury was
called and there came Rufus Putman, R.S. Bradley, C.C.
Morrison & H.R. Fewell who were accepted, and now the
regular panel of the Jury for this the second week of this Term
being exhausted by reason of challenge and otherwise,
Thereupon came the following named persons who were taken
from the Special Venire of jurors drawn and summoned for the
trial of this cause, to wit: J.H. Osteen, A.L. McRae, E.D. Thomas
G.W. Roberts, P.A. Varnes, W.H. White, R.M. Davis & W.L.
Breeden who were also accepted, and now the panel of the jury
being complete there came as jurors in this cause, Rufus Putman
R.S. Bradley, C.C. Morrison, H.R. Fewell, J.H. Osteen, A.L.
McRae, E.D. Thomas, G.W. Roberts, P.A. Varnes, W.H. White
R.M. Davis and W.L. Breeden, who were duly empaneled and
sworn to well and truly try and true deliverance make between
the State of Florida and the prisoner at the bar whom you