Special Term Circuit Court AD 1900.         
                      Thursday February 15th
        to complete the panel for the trial of this cause
          Whereupon the Clerk issued the Venire as by the Court
        directed, and placed it in the hands of the sheriff and where in
        the same was made
          Thereupon came W.O. Tison, who was listed found qualified and
        accepted.
           And now the panel of the jury being complete there came as
        jurors for the trial of this cause Marcus Endel T.R. Ellis W.J.
        McCormick J.C. Havis, J.T. Barron J.R. Pardue I.G. Huffman Benjamin Rush
        A.J. DaCosta E.K. Fagan Horace Giddings and W.O. Tison who were duly
        empanelled and sworn to well and truly try and true deliverance
        make between the State of Florida and the prisoner at the bar whom
        you shall have in charge according to the evidence
          And the jury aforesaid after hearing the evidence the
        argument of 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 Willis Brice otherwise called Wm Brice the
        dft guilty of Murder in the first degree and recommend him
        to the mercy of the Court           A.J. DaCosta
        Feby 15th 1900                           Foreman
                      Whereupon at the request of B.A. Thrasher defendants
        attorney the Jury was polled and the verdict read to each one of
        them who answered that it was their verdict.

        State of Florida }
               Vs        } Order
        Columbus Brown   }
                      The above cause being ready for trial
                                                   petit
        Feby 16th AD 1900 and there being but eight^jurors of the regular
        panel and the Court being of the opinion that a special
        venire will be necessary to complete the panel for the
        trial of the said cause the Clerk is directed to issue a
        venire to the sheriff commanding him to summon from
        the body of the County at large twenty qualified persons
        returnable at 9 oclock A.M. tomorrow morning from whom
        to complete the panel of petit jurors for the trial of said
        cause
        Gainesville Fla Feby 15th 1900             W.A. Hocker
                                                           Judge
             Thereupon the Clerk issued the Venire as by order
        of the Court directed
          Whereupon Court adjourned until nine oclock tomorrow
        morning