DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY GEORGIA

DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY GEORGIA
OCTOBER 1879-OCTOBER 1881
STATE VS	CHARGE		DISPOSITION
OCTOBER 1879
Lucinda Sanders	Misdemeanor Carrying		Oct. 1879 Cont. by Deft.
	of Pistol Concealed		April 1880 Cont. by Deft. for Sickness
			Oct. 1880 Cont. by Deft. for Sickness
			of Counsel
			April 1881 Cont. by Deft. for
			absence of Elliott
			Oct. 1881 No appearance-
			Bond forfeited
			April 1882 Plea of Guilty
William W. Mize	Misdemeanor Carrying		October 1879 Plea of Guilty
	of Pistol Concealed
William W. Mize	Assault with Intent		October 1879-Settled on
	to Murder		payment of costs
Louis F. Morris	Misdemeanor using		October 1879 Settled on
	opprobious words		payment of costs
	and abusive language
Samuel T. Stokes	Midemeanor Carrying		Oct. 1879 Cont. by State
	a Pistol Concealed		Continued every Term until
			October 1882 Nol Prosd.
James W. Rucker	Malicious Mischief		Oct. 1879 Cont. by State
			April 1880 Verdict
Newton Moore	Misdemeanor Carrying		Oct. 1879 Cont. by Deft.
	a Pistol Concealed		No appearance from April
			1880-September 1883
Green Garner	Misdemeanor Carrying		October 1879 Nol Prosd.
alias Green House	a Pistol Concealed
Tom Sheridan	Misdemeanor		October 1879 Cont. by State
			Oct. 1880 Settled on
			payment of costs
Willis W. Moore	Misdemeanor Carrying		October 1879 No Arrest
	a Pistol Concealed
Taylor Rucker	Misdemeanor Carrying		October 1880 No Appearance
	a Pistol Concealed		and Bond Forfeited
			Continued for every Term until Nol. Prosd.
			on payment of costs
			April 1881
Frank Kilgore	Assault with Intent to		Oct. 1879-Oct. 1882 Garrett
Walter Garrett	Commit Murder		never arrested/Frank Kilgore
			settled for payment of costs
William Norwood	Assault & Battery		October 1879 No Arrest
			April 1882 Settled on
			payment of costs by leave
			of the Court
John Simpkins	Misdemeanor Carrying		October 1879 No Arrest
	a Pistol Concealed		April 1880 Continued
			October 1880 Continued
			April 1881 Bond forfeited
			October 1881 Settled for
			payment of costs
Sallie Tuggle	Simple Larceny		October 1879 Verdict
a person of Color
James J. Turnbull	Assault & Battery		April 1880 Settled by
			leave of court for costs
James T. Hill	Misdemeanor using		April 1880 Settled by leave
	opprobious words and		of court for costs
	abusive language
James T. Hill	Assault & Battery		April 1880 Settled
			court on payment of costs.
John Wiley	Misdemeanor using		October 1880 No Arrest
a person of Color	opprobious words and		April 1881 Cont. by State
	abusive language		October 1881 Verdict
Micajah Pritchett	Assault & Battery		October 1880 Settled
			by payment of costs
John Cox and	Simple Larceny		October 1880 No Arrest on
Berry Sanders			Cox-Cont. on Sanders
both Colored			April 1881 Verdict on Sanders
			No Arrest on Cox through
			September 1883
October 1880
Pat Murphy	Burglary		Oct. 5 1880 Verdict
person of Color
Bob Grigsbury	Simple Larceny		Oct. 5 1880 Verdict
James W. Miller	Arson		Oct 5 1880 Cont. by Defts
Robert A. Naves			Miller, Naves and Mize
John T. Mize			Bil Non Prosd.
			New Bill preferred
Charles Parker	Assault with intent		April 5 1881 No Arrest
	to Murder		Oct 1881-April 1882 No
			Arrest
			March 21 1883 Verdict
			Guilty of Shooting at
			another
John Smith	Misdemeanor Carrying
	a Pistol Concealed		April 5 1881-Sept. 1883
			No Arrest
W. W. Humphries	Misdemeanor Carrying		April 5 1881 No Arrest
	a Pistol Concealed		Oct. 1881 No Appearance
			& Bond Forfeited
			April 1882 Cont. by State
			Oct. 5 1882 Plea of Guilty
John Smith	Rape		April 5 1881-Sept. 1883
			No Arrest
James Sanders	Malicious Mischief		April 5 1881-April 1882 No
			Arrest
			Oct. 5 1882 Verdict
Thomas A Hayden	Misdemeanor		April 1881 Nol Prosd on
			payment of costs
B. F. Hammond	Misdemeanor Carrying		April 5 1881 No appearance
	a Pistol Concealed		& Bond forfeited
			Oct. 1881 Forfeiture set
			aside on account of the
			Deft. was sick
			Oct. 7 1881 Nol prosd.
Samuel J. Stokes	Assault with intent		April 1881 Nol Prosd.
	to Murder		on payment of costs
B. F. Hammond	Misdemeanor retailing		April 7 1881 No Arrest
	without a license		Oct 7 1881 Plea of
			Guilty
James W. Miller	Arson		April 6th 1881 James W. Miller
Robert A. Naves			placed on trial and Verdict
John T. Mize			of Not Guilty
			April 7 1881 Contd. by State
			as to Naves and demand
			Oct 4 1881 Naves discharged on
			demand
			Nol Prosd. as to Mize
			heretofore
Samuel T. Stokes	Misdemeanor		April 5 1881 Continued
			Oct. 7 1881 Continued
			April 5 1882 Cont. by Deft.
			by Consent of Solicitor General
			the Deft. agreeing to plead guilty
			next Term
			Oct. 5th 1882 Plead Guilty
Samuel T. Stokes	Midemeanor using		April 1881 Settled by leave
	opprobious words and		of the Court on payment of
	abusive language		costs
April Term 1881
Emily Faulkner	Larceny from the House		Oct. 7 1881 Verdict
a person of color
Elizabeth Lockwood	Bigamy		Oct. 1881-Sept. 1883
a person of color			No Arrest
Henry Guest	Misdemeanor Carrying		Oct. 1881-Sept. 1883
a person of color	a Pistol Concealed		No Arrest
Alfred Jarrett	Murder		No entry see Oct. Term
a person of color			1881
October Term 1881
Milton Lynch	Assault & Battery		October 1881-March 21
			1883 No appearance and Bond
			forfeited
			April 17 1883 Plea of
			Guilty
Augustus C. Moss	Assault		Oct. 1881 Plea of Guilty
Henry David	Stabbing		Oct. 1881 Plea of
			Guilty to Assault &
			Battery
Alfred Jarrett	Murder		Oct. 7 1881 Verdict
a person of color			Guilty-Court recommendation
			of imprisonment for life
			in Penetentiary
Thomas Hayden	Misdemeanor using		Oct. 1881 no entry
	opprobious words		April 5 1882 Verdict
	& abusive language
John Parks, col.	Riot		Oct. 7 1881 Demand for
Henry Hawshaw, col.			trial as to Al Hubbard, plea
Alf Jarrett, col.			of Guilty as to Charley
Charley Crawford, col.			Crawford, No arrest as to
Joe Bird, col.			others, Alf Jarrett in Penetentiary
All. Hubbard, col			for life for Murder. No Arrest
Anderson Pierce			except as to Al Hubbard & Anderson
			Pierce
			April 5 1882 Al Hubbard
			discharged on demand, Anderson
			Pierce's bond forfeited
			March 19 1883 Nol. prosd.
John Pruitt	Assault & Battery		Oct 1881-April 5 1882
a person of color			No Arrest
			March 17 1883 Cont. by Deft.
			Sept. 19 1883 Verdict
			Guilty
Lafayette Dodd	Misdemeanor Carrying		Oct. 1881-Sept. 19 1883
	of a Pistol Concealed		No arrest
David C. Nelms	Murder		April 1882 No arrest
			Oct. 5 1882 Contd. by Deft.
			for absence of James Savage & of
			his Counsel
			March 21 1883 Cont. by Deft.
			on account of his sickness as
			certified by Physician in Affidavit
			Sept. 19 1883 No appearance
			& Bond forfeited
Clark Moss	Malicious Mischief		April 5 1882 Cond. by Deft. for
person of color			absence of Marion Moss
			March 21 1883 Cont. by Deft. for
			sickness of himself
			Sept. 19 1883 Cont. by State
Source: Original Record, Banks County Courthouse, Homer Georgia
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