Special Term Circuit Court AD 1890 1900
                Friday February 16th
  Court met this day pursuant to adjournment of
yesterday his Honor W.A. Hocker Judge presiding
  And now came L.W. Fennell Sheriff of Alachua County
                Special
and returns the^Venire issued out of this Court on yesterday
for twenty jurors from whom to complete the panel of the petit
jury in the case of the State of Florida Vs Columbus Brown
charged with Murder as having been executed by summoning
in person the following named persons to wit: G.K. Broome G.L. Bosman
Owen Lloyd W.P. Moseley G.H. Broome J.W. Cannon J.A. McDonald
S.T. Dell P.H. Reynolds R.P. Boulware A.T. Watts S.V. Duke Lee Graham
J.F. Smith E.W. Smith Charley Pinkoson C.J. Mixson C.R. Spivey Geo R. Ellis
E. O'Donell who were sworn tested and found qualified

State of Florida }                   Syd L. Carter
       Vs        } Murder
Columbus Brown   }                   Christopher Matheson
           And on this day this cause came on to be heard
Syd L. Carter State Attorney prosecuting in the name & by
authority of the State of Florida and the prisoner Columbus
Brown being in open Court in his proper person as well as by
his attorney Christopher Matheson Esquire was arraigned and
upon his arraignment saith that is not guilty of the charges
alleged in the indictment against him and for good and evil
puts himself upon God and the Country for trial
   Whereupon a jury was called and there came
Marcus Endel, G.C. Hague, T.J. Dobbs, T.B. Ellis, W.J. McCormick
W.J. Denby, J.F. Barron, And now the regular panel of the
jury being exhausted by reason of challenge and otherwise
the Special Venire for twenty jurors summoned to complete the 
panel of the petit jury in this cause were called and there
came G.K. Broome W.P. Moseley G.H. Broome J.W. Cannon
and J.A. McDonald who were accepted
  And now the panel of the jury being complete there came
as jurors for the trial of this cause Marcus Endel J.C. Hage
T.J. Dobbs, T.R. Ellis W.J. McCormick W.J. Denby J.F. Barron
G.K. Broome W.P. Moseley G.H. Broome J.W. Cannon & J.A. McDonald
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 who 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: