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J.K. "Jess" Irby, Esq. - Clerk of the Court
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       Spring Term A.D. 1889
          Monday June 3rd 1889 -
       puts himself upon God and the Country for trial

       Whereupon the Court adjourned until
       tomorrow morning at nine oclock

       Spring Term A.D. 1889
             Tuesday June 4th 1889
       The Court met this day His Honor J.J.
       Finley Judge presiding

       State of Florida }  Wigg
# 75           vs       }  Willful and Malicious
       Cain Mack        }  Killing of a beast of another -
                           McConell
                            And now 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 who was arraigned herein on the
       30th day of May being in open Court in is
       own proper person as well as by his attorney
       J.D. McConnell Esqr whereupon a Jury was called
       and there came E.T. Finkley, L.L. Hill Moses
       Lightsey John E. Hill W.H. Gay, W.J. Hutchinson -
       who were duly Sworn and empanelled to well
       and truly try the difference pending 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 Juror find the prisoner
       guilty and remand him to the mercy of the Court
                                       John E. Hill
                                         Foreman
       State of Florida }
               vs       }  Sentence
       Cain Mack        }
                        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 pay a fine
       of Twenty five Dollars together with the Costs
       of this Prosecution
Transcribed by Karen Kirkman 27 November 2014
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