Adjourned Fall Term of 1882
      Wednesday January 17th 1883
Whereupon a Jury was called and there came
J.S. Twomey - E.C. Bailey, J.J. Jones, J.B. Mixson, James
Bradshaw, J.R. Zetrouer who were duly Sworn and
empanelled to well and truly try the Difference
pending between the State of Florida and the prisoner
at the Bar and thereafter after hearing the evidence
the argument of Counsel and the Charge of the
Court retired to consider of their verdict and
thereafter on the Same day returned into open
Court and rendered the following verdict to wit:
We the Jury find the prisoner at the bar Guilty
so say we all     }      J.B. Mixson
Gainesville Fla   }             Foreman
January 17th 1883 }

Whereupon the witnesses for the State in the
above cause were discharged sine die

State of Florida }  Hocker
        vs       }  Branding an unmarked
James Armstrong  }  Animal
                 }  Taylor & Sanchez -
                   And now this cause Coming
on to be hear Wm A. Hocker States attorney prosecu-
ting in the name and by the authority of the State
of Florida and the prisoner appearing in his own
proper person as well as by his attorneys Taylor &
Sanchez, and now the prisoner here being brought
to the Bar under the Custody of John W. Turner
Sheriff of Alachua County to which Sheriff he is
also likewise Committed and being forthwith de-
manded how he would acquit himself of the
Charge against him saith that he is not guilty as
the Indictment alleges against him and for good
and evil he puts himself upon God and the
County for trial whereupon a Jury was Called
and there came: J.S. Twony, J.J. Jones, J.B. Mixson
James Bradshaw, S.L. Blanton, Saml Williams
who were duly Sworn and empanelled to
well and truly try the difference pending
between the State of Florida and the prisoner
at the Bar and thereafter after hearing the
evidence the argument of Counsel and the
charge of the Court retired to Consider of
their verdict and thereafter on the Same