Spring Term A.D. 1888
              Tuesday July 24th 1888 -
        The Court met this day pursuant to
        adjournment of yesterday His Honor J.J.
        Finley Judge presiding

        State of Florida   }  Wigg
# 33.           vs      E- }  Uttering a forged instrument
        Ransom Dukes       }  S.Y. Finley
                              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 proper person as well as by his attorney S.Y. Finley
        and now comes the Prisoner Ransom Dukes and in open
        Court withdraws his plea of Not Guilty and saith that
        he is guilty as the Indictment alleges against him

        State of Florida   }
                vs         }  Sentence
        Ransom Dukes       } And now the Prisoner being in open
        Court for sentence was demanded if he had anything
        to say why sentence should not be passed upon him
        saith nothing Whereupon the Court sentenced the
        prisoner Ransom Dukes to Confinement in the States
        Prison at hard labor for the space of Two Years -

        State of Florida   }
# 34            vs         }  Forgery
        Ransom Dukes       }
                             And now this Cause is Nol
        prossed by the State

        State of Florida   }  Wigg
# 38            vs         }  Having a Concealed weapon on
        Edward Adams       }  and about his person
                             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 proper person and being demanded how
        he would acquit himself of the Charge against
        him saith that he is not guilty as the Indict-
        ment alleges against him -
        Whereupon
               the prisoner was remanded to Jail