Spring Term A.D. 1889
Thursday June 6th 1889
The Court met this day His Honor J.J. Finley
Judge presiding
State of Florida } Wigg & Ashby
# 31- vs } Murder
Tennison Hook } Lambeth, Hampton Carter & Taylor
And now William H. Wigg
State attorney prosecuting in the name and
by the authority of the State of Florida and the
Prisoner Tennison Hook being in open Court in
his proper person as well as by his atty Mess
Lambeth Hampton Carter & Taylor as also
likewise the Jury who had been duly Sworn
and empanelled herein on yesterday to wit:
W.H. Gay Gilbert Gay W.R. Stevens J.P. Wells
Jas Exley, Thos Mikell J.W. Wiggins G.N. Desha
Ivin Holder E.C. Pound E.B. Berry Frank Rucker
the hearing of this Cause was resumed and the
Jury after hearing a further part of the evidence
and now comes William H. Wigg State attorney and
in open Court Consents that the Jury shall
render a verdict of not guilty, Whereupon the
Jury from the Jury Box rendered the following
verdict to wit: - We the Jury find the Prisoner
Tennison Hook not guilty so say we all
June 6th 1889 - W.H. Gay
Foreman
State of Florida } Wigg
# 72 vs } Larceny of a Domestic Animal
Sam Taylor } S.Y. Finley
} And now this cause came
on to be heard William H. Wigg State attorney pros-
ecuting in the name and by the authority of the
State of Florida and the prisoner who had been
arraigned herein on June 3rd being in open Court
in his own proper person as well as by his atty S.Y.
Finley Esq a Jury was called and there came
Moses Lightsey, John E. Hill W.J. Hutchinson
F.R. Tillis John A. Goodson G.H. Scofield who were
duly sworn to well and truly try the issues 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
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