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Judgment Docket 9
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                              Fall Term AD 1898
                            Thursday December 15th
           State of Florida }
                 V          } Assault with intent to Murder
           Jim Smith        }
                            Now this cause coming on to be heard
           Syd L. Carter State Attorney prosecuting in the name &
           by authority of the State of Florida and the prisoner Jim
           Smith appearing in open court in his proper person was
           arraigned and upon his arraignment pleaded guilty
           to the charge alleged in the indictment against him

           State of Florida }
Sentence           V        } Sentence
           Jim Smith        }
                           And now the prisoner Jim Smith
           being in open Court for sentence was demanded
           if he had anything to say why the sentence of the
           law should not be passed upon him saith nothing
             Whereupon the Court sentenced the prisoner in manner
           and form as follows: the sentence of the law is that you
           Jim Smith be imprisoned by confinement in the State Prison
           at hard labor for ten years.

           State of Florida }
                  V         } Assault with intent to Murder
           Garfield Wilson  }
                         And 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 Garfield Wilson being in open Court in his proper
           person as also his attorney Christopher Matheson Esquire
           was arraigned and upon his arraignment saith that he
           in not guilty of the charge 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
           S.R. Harville, J.A. Simonton, W.S. Turner, Geo R. Taylor
           D.J. Richbourg and W.C. Matheson 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 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 the defendant not guilty
Transcribed by Charlotte Vallellanes 29 March 2015
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