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       Spring Term A.D. 1888
          Monday July 23rd 1888

       State of Florida }  Wigg
# 51          vs        }   Gambling
       Sherman Fair     }
       Sam Cunningham & }
       Robert Perkins   }  And now on motion of the
       States attorney a Nol Pros is entered as to
       Sherman Fair and a Severance ordered as
       to Sam Cunningham and Robert Perkins

       State of Florida }  Wigg
# 51           vs       }  Gambling
       Sam Cunningham   }  S.Y. Finley  M.M. Lewey Hughes
                        }  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 who
       had this day been arraigned being in open Court
       in his proper persona as well as by his attorneys
       Whereupon a Jury was called and there came
       A.W. Leighton, E.D. Thomas  J.M. Shaw, J.M. Nevis
       E.M. Clark and now the venire being exhausted there
       came from the bystanders J.H. Jarvis who were duly
       sworn and empanelled to well and truly try and
       true delivery make between the State of Florida
       and the prisoner at the bar according to the evidence
       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 defendant guilty So say we all
                                      Jas H. Jarvis
                                        Foreman
       Whereupon the prisoner was remanded to Jail

       State of Florida }  Wigg
# 52           vs  -E.  }  Having a Concealed weapon
       King Spencer     }  on and about his person
                             And now on this day 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 being in open Court in his proper
       person and being demanded how he would acquit
Transcribed by Karen Kirkman 16 January 2015
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