Fall Term AD 1897
                     Tuesday December 21st 1897
the State of Florida and the prisoner at the bar whom you shall
have in charge according to the evidence and the jury aforesaid after
hearing the evidence and the charge of the Court, (the case being
submitted without argument), retired to consider of their verdict and
after due consideration thereof they returned into open Court and
rendered the following verdict, to wit: We the jury find the
Defendant Richard James Guilty of murder in the first degree
so say we all,
                W.L. Jackson
Dec 21st 1897            Foreman

State of Floria  }
        vs       } Larceny of domestic animal
John R. Malphurs }
                  And now this cause coming on to be heard
Syd L. Carter State Attorney prosecuting in the name and by the
authority of the State of Florida and the defendant appear-
ing in Open Court in his proper person as also his attorney B.A.
Thrasher Esq was arraigned and upon his arraignment saith
that he is not guilty as the indictment alleges against him
and for good and evil puts himself upon God and the Coun-
try for trial, whereupon a jury was called and there came
S.D. Tillman A.L. King, W.L. Jackson, J.S. Bell, J.W. Raul-
erson and now the regular panel of the jury being exhausted
by reason of challenge and otherwise the Court ordered
the Sheriff to summon a juror from the bystanders to complete
the panel and there came H.L. Smith who was accepted and
now the panel of the jury being complete there came as jurors
in this cause S.D. Tillman A.L. King, W.L. Jackson, J.S. Bell,
J.W. Raulerson and H.L. Smith who were duly empaneled and
sworn to well and truly try the issue between the State of Flori-
da and the defendant according to the evidence and the jury
aforesaid after hearing a part of the evidence;
Whereupon the Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at
Nine O'Clock.

                Wednesday December 22nd 1897
Court met pursuant to adjournment of yesterday his Honor
W.A. Hocker Judge presiding.
State of Florida }
       vs        } Larceny of domestic animal
John R. Malphurs }
              And now this cause coming on to be further
heard Syd L. Carter state Attorney prosecuting in the name and