Spring Term AD 1889
       Tuesday June 4th 1889
by his attorney Mess Lambeth, Hampton, Carter and Taylor
and now the prisoner Tennison Hook being brought to
the bar here under the custody of Samuel H. Wienges Sheriff
of Alachua County to which Sheriff he is also likewise
committed and 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 whereupon a Jury was called and there
came W.H. Gay J.P. Hall Leonard Guthery -

Whereupon the Court adjourned until tomorrow
morning at nine oclock

Spring Tern AD 1889
         Wednesday June 5th 1889
The Court met this day pursuant to
adjournment of yesterday his Honor J.J. Finley
Judge presiding

And now comes Samuel H. Wienges Sheriff of
Alachua County and returns the Venire Facias
issued out of this Court on the 3rd Instant for
Fifty Jurors as having been executed by sum
moning Frank Rucker B.F. Hampton, W.D. Tillman
J.H. Hagood W.R. Stevens John R. Sloan J.P. Wells
H.C. Parker Randolph Moody C.H. Crisman, J.M. Ennis
L.H. McCollum  E.E. Cannon  Jas Exley C.H. Furman
R.E. Wright, S.J. Burnett George Montgomery J. Katz
M.G. McCarroll J.V. Wiggins O.B. Bailey, J.B. Brown
C.M. Merry  G.N. Desha Ivin Holder D.E. Chesser
D.E. Cooper H.L. Fryer E.C. Pound Thos Mikell
E.B. Berry Wm M. Blitch W.L. Finger M.E. Jolly J.H.
Dampier F.V. Seagle J.S. Adderholt in person and
that E.D. Hodges was summoned by leaving a summons
at his place of Residence and that L.H. Bennett
W.D. Williams E.M. Allen John C. Kirk E.C. Davis
Geo Chamberlain E.B. Jenkins O.L. York Job
Smith Geo H. Stevens E.W. Reviere are not to be
found in the County.

Whereupon the Court for good Cause shown
excused B.F. Hampton, S.J. Burnett, J.B. Brown
D.E. Cooper, J.H. Hagood, E.C. Cannon C.H.