DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY GEORGIA

DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY GEORGIA
APRIL 1867-APRIL 1870
STATE VS.	CHARGE		DISPOSITION
April Term 1867
John C. Stephens	Voluntary Escape		April 1867 Cont.
			Oct. 1867 Cont. by Deft.
			October 1868 Nol prosd.
John C. Stephens	Voluntary Escape		April 1867 Cont.
			Oct. 1867 Cont. by Deft.
			Oct. 1868 Nol prosd.
Taylor Terril (Terrell)	Murder		Oct. 1868 No Arrest
John D. Terril (Terrell) Jr.	Adultery & Fornication		Oct. 1868 No Arrest
			April 1869 Nol. Prosd.
Alpha A. S. Thompson	Adultery & Fornication		April 1867 Deft. plead
			Guilty
James Henry	Living together with a		April 1867 Deft. plead
	woman in a State of		Guilty
	Adultery & Fornication
Peggy Smith	Adultery & Fornication		April 1867 Deft. plead
			Guilty
Nancy Sluder	Adultery & Fornication		April 1867 Deft. plead
			Guilty
October Term 1867
William Parker	Assault & Battery		Oct. 1867 Wm. Parker
James Parker			plead Guilty, Nol Prosd.
Squier Parker			as to Others
William Hix or Hitt	Fornication		Oct. 1867 Deft. Plead
			Guilty
Susan Arnold	Fornication		Oct. 1867 Deft. plead
			Guilty
Benjamin B. Pool	Simple Larceny		Oct. 1867 Verdict
			Guilty
George Sweatman	Assault & Battery		Oct. 1867 Verdict
			Guilty & Judg. awarded
Samuel Norwood	Riot		Non est. as to Samuel
Newton Norwood			Oct. 1867 Cont. by State
Thomas Norwood			Defts. demand trial
Willis Moore			April 1868 Nol. prosd.
Thomas Morris Vs.	Rule nisi to foreclose		Mistake
G. W. Lecroy	mortgage
Isaac Roper	Adultery & Fornication		April 1868 Deft. plead
			Guilty
Ezekiel Hagood	Simple Larceny		April 1868 Verdict Guilty
Asa Hagood			as to Ezekiel Hagood,
			Nol prosd. as to Asa
			Hagood
October Term 1868
Mary Duncan	Common Cheat &		Oct. 1868 No Bill
	Swindler
Jerry Dodd et al.	Assault & Battery		Oct. 1868 Nol prosd.
James M. McDonald	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1868 No Arrest
			Oct. 1869 Nol prosd.
James M. McDonald	Assault & Battery		Oct. 1868 No Arrest
			Oct. 1869 Nol prosd.
Robert J. Eaves	Simple Larceny		Oct. 1868 Verdict
			Guilty recommending
			Mercy
William Parker	Riot		Oct. 1868 No Arrest
John W. Parker			April 1869 Nol. prosd.
John Parker
James Parker
Squier Parker
Jerry Dodd	Affray		Oct. 1868 Plead
John Grant			Guilty
John Harris
James M. McDonald	Affray		Oct. 1869 Nol prosd. on
A. C. Moss			payment of cost
April Term 1869
Webb House	Assault with intent		No entry
person of Colour	to commit a rape
Lewis House	Misdemeanor		April 1869 Nol prosd.
person of Colour
Webb House	Assault with intent to		April 1869 Nol. prosd.
person of Colour	Rape
John S. Means	False Imprisonment		Oct. 1869 Verdict
George Patterson			Guilty
William G. Morris	Mistrial Simple Larceny		April 1870 Recognizance
			forfeited
			April 1871 Settled as to
			offence
Isaac S. Roper	Adultery & fornication		Nol. prosd.
William N. Scales	Malicious Mischief		April 1870 Verdict Not
			Guilty at last term
R. Calhoun Waters	Affray		April 1870 Plea of Guity
Wilmot Fagans			by Waters at last term
			April 1870 Plea of Guilty
			by Fagans
John A. Davis	Simple Larceny		April 1870 Nol. prosd.
Melvin Davis
Bills from October 1869 Term
John A. Davs	Assault with intent		Oct. 1870 Nol. prosd.
	to Murder		last Term
Stephen Strickland	Incestuous Fornication		April 1870 No arrest
a person of Color			April 1871 No arrest
Palina Willbanks	Incestuous Fornication		April 1870 Verdict
a person of Color			Guilty
John Jenkins	Riot		April 1870 Plea Guilty by
John Bird			Jenkins
			No arrest of Bird Oct 1870 no arrest of Bird
			April 1871 No arrest
			April 1872 No arrest of Bird
James Tony	Adultery & Fornication		April 1870 Verdict
			Guilty
Permelia Stoe (Stow)	Fornication and		April 1870 Nol prosd.
	Adultery
William Hix	Assault & Battery		April 1870 Verdict
			Not Guilty
James Turnbull	Affray		April 1870 Nol prosd. on
William C. (?) House			payment of Cost
Aaron Bell	Living with a woman		April 1870 Defendant
	in a State of Fornication		dead
Martha Veal	Living with a man in a		April 1870 Nol prosd.
	State of Fornication
April Term 1870
William N. Scales	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Cont. by Deft.
			April 1871 Contd. by Deft.
			but to be tried next Term
			Oct. 1871 Plea Guilty
Thomas Gunter	Riot		Oct. 1870 Plea Guilty as to Levi
Levi Gunter			& Calvin Gunter Oct. 1870 no Arrest of Thomas
Calvin Gunter			Gunter & Daniel Aaron
Daniel Aaron			April 1871 No Arrest of Thomas Gunter
			& Daniel Aaron
			April 1871 No arrest
Robert Neal	Assault & Battery		Oct. 1870 Nol prosd.
James M. McDonald	Affray		April 1871 Settled &
James Conally			Costs paid
George W. Taylor	Adultery		Oct. 1870 No Arrest
			April 1871 No Arrest
			April 1872 No Arrest
Hester Kimbrel	Adultery		Oct. 1870 No Arrest
			April 1871 No Arrest
			April 1872 No Arrest
Kile or Hile Rucker	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Settled between
			the Parties
Permelia Stoe (Stow)	Living together with a man		April 1870 Plea Guilty
	in a State of Adultery
	& Fornication
William N. Scales	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Plea Guilty
William N. Scales	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Plea Guilty
Jefferson (Scales)
Green Chandler	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Plea Guilty
a person of Color
Marion Jordan	MIsdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Plea Guilty
Albert Ausborn	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Plea Guilty
Armer Rucker	Misdemeanor		Oct. 1870 Continued for providential cause
			sickness of Deft.
			April 1871 Cont. by State
			April 1872 Cont. by the State & demand
			Oct. 1872 Deft. discharged
Source: Original Record, Banks County Courthouse, Homer Georgia
Copy and Copyright 2004 by Jacqueline King