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     Special Term  A.D. 1891
          Tuesday  February 3rd 1891
     State of Florida and the prisoner being in open
     Court in his proper person as well as by Chas L.
     Fildes his attorney was 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 him-
     elf upon God and the County for trial.


     State of Florida }  
#24         vs        }  Murder
     James Rhodes     }  and now this Cause is transferred to the
                         absentee Docket and Continued

     State of Florida }  
            vs        }  Murder
     William Niblack  }  and now this Cause is Continued and this
                         cause is transferred to the absentee
                         Docket.

     State of Florida   }  
#27         vs          }  
     Abraham Bell alias }  
     Dick Bell          }  and now this Cause is transferred to the
                        }  absentee Docket.

     State of Florida }  Wigg 
#30         vs        }  Breaking and entering a building in the
     Jim Adams        }  night time with intent to commit a
                      }  Felony.     Ashby
                         And now this Cause came on
     to be heard and William H. Wigg State Attorney pros-
     ecuting in the name and by the authority of the
     State of Florida another prisoner appearing in open
     Court in his proper person as well as by his attorney J.W.
     Ashby and now the prisoner being demanded how he would
     acquit himself of the Charge against him saith that
     he is not guilty and for good and evil he puts himself
     upon God and the Country for trial whereupon a Jury
     was called and then Came, B.F. Hampton Tobias
     Brown Vandi H. Ellis E.D. Hodges C.C. Martin and
     H.J. Bailey who were duly sworn and empanelled to
     well and truly try the defense pending according to the
     evidence, and the Jury aforesaid after hearing the evidence
     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 Jury find the defendant Guilty.
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 14 July 2015
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