Spring Term A.D. 1886
               Wednesday May 12th 1886

      Court met pursuant to adjournment of yesterday
  his Hon Thos F. King Judge presiding

State of Florida             }  Hocker
          vs                 }  Affray
Richard Johnson Jake Jackson }
Wes Thomas Chambers Jackson  }  Thrasher Scott & Lewey
                                 And now this cause coming on to be heard
William A. Hocker State Attorney prosecuting in the name and by the authority of
the State of Florida and the Prisoners Jake Jackson and Wesley Thomas
appearing into open Court in their own proper persons as well as by their
Attorneys Messrs Thrasher Scott & Lewey whereupon the prisoners being
demanded how they would acquit themselves of the Charge against them
saith they are not guilty of the Charge as the Indictment Alledges against
them and for good and evil put themselves upon God and the County
for trial. Whereupon a Jury was called and there came J.H. Dampier
M.G. McCarroll Marion Campbell Robt McClellan Jas Bradshaw & J.D.
Matheson who were duly Sworn and empanelled to well and truly try
the diference pending between the State of Florida and the Prisoners Jake
Jackson and Wesley Thomas and thereafter after hearing the evidence the
argument of Counsel and the charge of the Court retired to consider of
their verdict and thereafter after on the same day returned into open
court and rendered the following verdict to wit We the Jury find the
Prisoners not guilty
May 12th 1886    M.G. McCarroll
                               foreman

Whereupon the Grand Jury came into open Court and rendered the
following Indictments of the
State of Florida     }
          vs         }  Carrying concealed weapons
George H. Sutherland }
                         A True Bill
                                  Daniel C. Hart
                                   Foreman of the Grand Jury
State witnesses R.D. South wood & Geo Wooster Sen
                                   W.A. Hocker
                                         State Attorney