Monday May 6th  1850      
State of Florida  }    John P. Sanderson     Solicitor
      vs          }         Indictment for Retailing spiritous Liquours
Geo Aldrich       }         Without License
                  }    James A. Peden for Defendant

And now on this day come John P. Sanderson Esquire who
prosecutes the pleas of the State in this behalf.  And the defendant
comes into Court & is represented & defended by James A.
Peden Esquire.  Whereupon came a jury to wit: a jury of
the following persons.

E.R. Prevatt               Wade H. Sparkman
John B. Cason              Josiah Seckinger
R.S. Stoughton             William D. Clark
Johnathon Turner           Burrell Stokes.
William T. Smith           A.E. Geiger
John Wiggins               Bryant Smith

Who were sworn well & truly to try the issues joined between the state
of Florida and the said Defendant.  And thereupon the following
Witnesses were called on the part of the State.  To wit:  N.B. Stafford
William D. Eubanks.  Charles MacMain, John H. May
& A.E. Geiger on the part of the Defense.
And thereupon after argument of this cause on the part of the
state by said solicitor and of said defendant by
James A. Peden, Esq. and after the charge of his honor
touching said Indictments.  The jury having retired
to consider of their verdict returned by A.E. Geiger their
foreman the following verdict into Court.  We the
jury find the Defendant not guilty.  Whereupon it is
ordered that said defendant go thereof without ***

**(1) The grand Jury so drawn as aforesaid having retired to select a
      foreman: returned into court & announced that they had elected Samuel
      Geiger to that office.  Who was thereupon appointed by the Court foreman of
      the Grand Jury and sworn accordingly and the rest of the Grand
      Jurors were also duly sworn, and having received the charge of the
      Court returned to their room.
                    Daniel Joyce was appointed 
     Bailiff to attend the Grand Jury and was sworn accordingly 0