DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA

DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 1870-OCTOBER 1871
STATE VS.	CHARGE		DISPOSITION
October Term 1870
William Messer	Misdemeanor		April 1871 Verdict
	True Bill, T. B. Griffin Foreman		Not Guilty
Permelia Headen	Robing (sic)
John R. Norris	True Bill, T. B. Griffin, Foreman		April 1872 No Arrest
Bluford Pearce	Riot		April 1871 Verdict
Thomas Pearce	True Bill, T. B. Griffin		Not Guilty
Samuel Flinn
John Messer	Midemeanor		Misdemeanor
	True Bill, T. B. Griffin		April 1872 Verdict
			Not Guilty
Mary A. Messer	Malicious Mischief		April 1872 Cont. for providential
Terrell Messer	True Bill, T. B. Griffin		cause by Defts.
John Messer			Oct. 1872 No Arrest of Terrell Messer
			& Cont. by the State
			April 1873 Cont. by the State
			Oct. 1873 Cont.
Terrell Messer	Assault & Battery		April 1872 No Arrest
	True Bill, T. B. Griffin		Oct. 1872 No Arrest
Henry Ellison	Malicious Mischief		April 1871 Verdict
Colored	True Bill, T. B. Griffin		Not Guilty
Manly Lawrence	Misdemeanor
	No Bill, T. B. Griffin, Foreman
Joseph Lawrence	Misdemeanor
	No Bill, T. B. Griffin, Foreman
April Term 1871
Thomas Pearce	Assault & Battery		April 1872 Cont. by Deft
	True Bill, F. G. Moss, Foreman		Oct. 1872 Cont. by State
			April 1973 Cont. by State
			Oct. 1873 No appearance
			April 1875 No appearance
			April 1876 No appearance
			March 1877 No appearance and
			transferred to ____ docket
Powel A. Waters	Malicious Mischief		Oct. 1872 Settled
	True Bill, F. G. Moss, Chairman
R. Calhoun Waters	Affray		April 1871 Plea of Guilty
Samuel W. Pruitt	True Presentment		by Waters
	F. G. Moss, Foreman		April 1872 No arrest of Pruitt
			Oct. 1872 No arrest of Prewitt (sic)
Charles Jordan	Assault & Battery		Oct. 1871 Plea Guilty
Colored	True Presentment
	F. G . Moss, Foreman
James Broom	No Bill
	F. G. Moss, Foreman
Sarah Murray	No Bill,
	F. G. Moss, Foreman
October Term 1871
Thomas Pearce	Assault & Battery		April 1872 Cont. by Deft.
	True Bill		Oct. 1872 Cont. by State
	C. S. Weld, Foreman		Oct. 1873 No appearance-Bond forfeited
			April 1874 Plea of Guilty
Thomas Pearce	Assault & Battery
	No Bill
	C. S. Weld, Foreman
Nancy Thacker	Assault & Battery
Elizabeth Kirkland	No Bill
Adaline Smith	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
Lafayette Dean
Thomas Pearce	Assault and Battery
	No Bill
	C. S. Weld, Foreman
Henry Mathews	Larceny from the House		Oct. 1871 Plea Guilty
a person of Color	True Bill
	C. S. Weld, Foreman
Moses Johnson	Assault with Intent to		Oct. 1871 Plea Guilty of
a person of Color	Murder		Assault & Battery
	True Bill
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
Moss Bush	Misdemeanor		April 1872 Cont. by consent
a person of Color	True Bill		Oct. 1872 Cont. by State
	C. S. Weld, Foreman		April 1873 Cont. by State
Benson Dalton	Assault & Battery		April 1872 Plea Guilty by
Chappel Dalton	True Bill as to Benson		Benson Dalton
Franklin Massey	Dalton		No Arrests of the others
Josiah Holcomb	No Bill as to others
James Dalton	C. S. Weld, Foreman
Fletcher Martin	Misdemeanor		April 1872 No Arrest
a person of Color	True Bill		Oct. 1872 No Arrest
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
Abraham D. Chenault	Assault & Battery		April 1872 Plea Guilty
	True Bill
	C. S. Weld, Foreman
Ross Bush	Misdemeanor		April 1872 Cont. by consent
a person of Color	True Bill		Oct. 1872 Cont. by State
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman		April 1873 Cont.
Randle Bush	MIsdemeanor
a person of Color	No Bill
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
Lewis House	Misdemeanor		Aoril 1872 No Arrest
a person of Color	True presentment		Oct. 1872 No Arrest
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
Ruben Messer	Riot		April 1872 No Arrest
William Messer	True Bill		Oct. 1872 No Arrest
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
Dick Brison	MIsdemeanor		April 1872 No Arrests of
Andrew Brison	True Bill		any Defts.
George W. Cline	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman		Oct. 1872 No Arrest
Andersin Kelly
Dick Cline II
William Kimball
Littleton Fagans	Assault & Battery		April 1872 Plea Guilty
Wilmot Fagans	True presentment		by both Defts.
	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman
William Kimbal	Misdemeanor		April 1872 No Arrests of any
Elizabeth Kimbal	True Presentment		of the Defts.
Andrew Brison	Calvin S. Weld, Foreman		Oct. 1872 No Arrests
Frank Anderson	Playing and betting at		April 1872 Rigney dead-no
a person of Color	a game of cards		arrests of any of the other
Daniel Caboniss			Defts.
a person of Color			Oct. 1872 Rigney dead and
Willis Jackson			no arrests of other Defts.
a person of Color
J. Hanks Rigney
Source: Original Record, Banks County Courthouse, Homer Georgia
Copy and Copyright 2004 by Jacqueline King