Spring Term A.D. 1883
            Thursday April 26th 1883
        The Court met pursuant to adjournment of
        yesterday His Honor Thomas F. King Judge
        presiding -

        The State of Florida }  Hocker Finley & Hampton
No 14            vs          }      Murder
        Charles Williams     }  Roysden & McCall
            
                                  And now this Cause
        Coming on to be heard William A. Hocker States
        attorney and Messers Finley & Hampton prosecuting
        in the name and by the authority of the State of
        Florida. And the prisoner Charles Williams appear-
        ing in his own proper person as well as by his attor-
        neys Messers Roysden & McCall. And now the prisoner
        Charles Williams here being brought to the Bar here under
        the Custody of Samuel C. Tucker Sheriff of Alachua
        County to which Sheriff he is also likewise Committed
        and being forthwith demanded 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
        country for trial Whereupon a Jury was Called and
        there Came 1 James K. Leary 2 W.M. Bradford 3
        J.M. Dell 4 Wade A. Geiger 5 W.R. Rogers 6. T.H. Cato
        7. Herman Glagouski 8 James D. George 9. Thos W. Dawkins
        10. G.B. Townsend 11. F.W. Whitaker 12 W.B. Riviere
        who were duly Sworn and empanelled to well and truly
        try and true deliverance make between the State of
        Florida and the prisoner at the bar according to the
        evidence and thereafter after hearing the evidence and
        a part of the argument
                              Whereupon the Court adjourned
        until tomorrow morning at nine Oclock