Fall Term AD 1899
                        Monday December 18th
        Counsel and charge of the Court retired to consider of their Verdict,
        and after due consideration thereof they returned into open Court and
        rendered the following verdict to wit:
Verdict   We the Jury find the defendant guilty
                                             C.L. Thigpen
                                                     Foreman
           Whereupon Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at
        Nine Oclock

                         Tuesday December 19th
           Court met this day pursuant to adjournment of yesterday
        his honor W.A. Hocker Judge presiding

        State of Florida }
                Vs       } Larceny of Domestic Animals
        Ambrose Welch    }
                    Now this cause coming on to be heard Syd L. Carter
        state attorney prosecuting in the name and by authority of the
        State of Florida and the prisoner Ambrose Welch who was arraigned
        herein on Dec 13 1899 and pleaded not guilty being now in Court in his proper
        person announced ready and puts himself upon the Country for trial
            Whereupon a jury was called and there came J.L. Neal T.L. Brown
        A.J. Bates T.R. Pickett and J.A. Manning & W.L. Hill who were duly empanelled and
        sworn to well and truly try the issue between the State of Florida and
        the defendant according to the evidence And the Jury aforesaid after
        hearing the evidence and charge of the Court retired to consider of their verdict
        And after due consideration thereof they returned into open Court & rendered the following
Verdict to wit:
                  We the Jury find the defendant guilty
                                      T.R. Pickett
                                         Foreman
Sentence Whereupon the Court sentenced the prisoner as follows to wit:
        The sentence of the law is that you Ambrose Welch be imprisoned
        by confinement in the state prison at hard labor for one year

        State of Florida  }
              Vs          } Embezzlement
        Walter A. Sigsbee }
                       And now this cause is continued on account of sickness
        of defendant

        State of Florida }
               Vs        } Assault with intent to murder
        Reed F. Tillis   }
                         And now this cause is continued