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Special Term  A.D. 1891
     Thursday February 12th  1891
had been Sworn as a Juror in Chief to which order so
discharging the said W.H. Davis the defendant by his attorneys
there and then excepted. Whereupon comes M.M. May O.
Gamage and O.G. Barker the Jurors who had been selected
herein on the 10th instant and now comes L.W. Fennell
Sheriff of Alachua County and returns the Venire Facias
for Sixty five Jurors in this cause as having been 
duly executed by Summoning
R.M. Davis, C.R. Holder, F.J. Hammond, J.A. Emerson
Jas S. Bailey A.M. Cushman F.H. Clyatt W.J. Denby
R. May, W.J. Matthews, S.H. Benjamin, W.R. Carter, G.H.
Brown, L.C. Hester, W.P. Barr, S.E. Bauknight, W.T. Craig
C.W. Forster, William Ellis, C.J. Mixson, J.H. Avera
A.U. Hilleary, Jas T. Futch, M.E. Bauknight Wiley Hines
C.E. Johnston, J.G. Dampier, Sam A. Fennell, B.F. Dawkins
R.S. Bennett S.L. Hawthorn, W.T. Beckham J.M. Dell
J.M. Holt, J.T. Fleming, J.R. Adkins, Jake M. Endel M.C.
Morrison, C.H. Crisman, M.D. Bryant P.B.H. Dudley,
W.H. Donaldson, Jno R. Dowd, J.H. Dampier, A.R. Kelley,
J.M. Barnett, J.Z. Feltner, L.E. Means, W.C. Bevill
D.W.L. Barton, W.T. Chesnut, R.J. Beckham, W.M. Blitch
B.P. Boulware Sr. H.J. Dowling, Robert C. Davis, W.B. Ellis
M.A. Densler, C.W. Little, H.G. Bevill, O.D. Morris and
that E.S. Nelson, Henry R. Clay and Chas A. Mattheny
and J.S. Hopkinson were not to be found in the
County.
Whereupon the Court for good Cause shown excused
G.H. Brown, O.D. Morris, C.W. Little, Sam A. Fennell
and J.M. Barnett from further attendance on 
the Court.  --
Whereupon the hearing in this Case was
resumed and now comes William H. Wigg State
Attorney and peremptorily challenges M.M. May one 
of the Jurors who had been selected herein and
thereupon then came .1 O. Gamage and 2. O.G. Barker
3 C.R. Holder 4. R May -- 5 W.J. Matthews 6. W.R. Carter
7. W.P. Barr. 8. John R. Dowd. 9. J.Z. Feltner 10 B.P.
Boulware Sr. 11 F.H. Clyatt, and now the panel 
being exhausted,  Whereupon the Court issued
the following to wit:  --
               In Circuit Court 5th Judicial Circuit of
               Florida  Alachua County Special Term  A.D. 1891

The State of Florida   }  
            vs         }  Indictment for Murder in 1st degree  
Barton Albert Thrasher }  It is ordered there being a
                       } 
Transcribed by Sharon Wheeler 30 June 2015
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