Spring Term AD 1889
Friday May 31st 1889
The Court met this day pusuant to adjournt of
yesterday His Honor J.J. Finley Judge presiding
State of Florida } Wigg & Carter
#40 vs } Breaking and entering a building
William Canty } in the night time with intent
Anderson Williams } to commit a Felony
Henry Haile } Cone Finley & Fildes
And now this Cause came
on to be heard William H. Wigg State attorny pros-
ecuting in the name and by the authority of the
State of Florida and the prisoners William Canty
Anderson Williams and Henry Haile who had
been arraigned heretofore herein being in open
Court in their own proper persons as well as
by their attorneys a Jury was called and there
came J.T. Mizell F.X. Miller W.D. Wells A.J.
Shuford A.H. Emmerson W.C. Plyley - who were
duly Sworn to well and truly try the deffence
pending according to the evidence - and thereafter
after hearing a part of the evidence and now
Comes William H. Wigg State Attorny and
enters herein a Nolli Prosequi as to Anderson
Williams - and the Jury aforesaid after
heaing the balance of the evidence and the
argument of Counsel and the Charge of the
Court retired to Consider of their verdict
and thereafter on the same day returnd into
open Court and rendered the following
verdict to wit: We the Jury find the defen-
dants William Canty and Henry Haile guilty
of felony as charged in the Indictment
F.X. Miller
Foreman
State of Florida }
vs } Sentence
Henry Haile }
And now the prisoner
being in open Court for sentence was demanded
if he had any thing to say why sentence should
not be passed upon him saith nothing
Whereupon the Court sentenced the prisoner
to confinement in the States Prison at hard |