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       Spring Term A.D. 1887
                Tuesday May 10th 1887
       William H. Wigg
          State attorney

       State of Florida }  Indictment for
                 vs     }      Larceny
       William Colman   }  A True Bill
                             Joseph A. Shannon
                             Foreman of the Grand Jury
       State Witnesses
         C.H. Davis  J.C. Gardner
                             William H. Wigg
                                 State attorney

       State of Florida        } Wigg
# 44            vs             } carrying a tool into Jail with
       Major Meekins otherwise } intent to facilitate the escape
       known as Major Mickle   } of a prisoner
                                 O.A. Myers
                                And now this Cause
       Came on to be heard William H. Wigg State
       attorney prosecuting in the name and by the
       authority of the State of Florida and the
       prisoner appearing in open Court in his own
       proper person as well as by O.A. Myers his
       attorney and now the prisoner 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 whereon a
       Jury was called and there came J.S. Spears
       W.H. Hagan Dote Weeks T.J. May W.H. Thompson
       H.C. Beckham who were duly Sworn and em-
       paneled to well and truly try the difference pen-
       ding 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
       guilty    H.C. Richardson
                         Foreman
       State of Florida   }
              vs          }  Motion in arrest of
       Major Mickle       }   Judgment
Transcribed by Karen Kirkman 15 May 2015
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