Greene County Archives Bulletin #18
Abstract of Circuit Court Records
of Greene County, Missouri
1840-1845
from the Greene County Archives and Records Center, Springfield, Missouri
with the kind permission of Robert Neumann, Archives Supervisor.
Transcribed from the original for the GCArchives by Daniel S. Kelley Transcribed
and simplified from print for the Greene County USGW website by Megan Zurawicz,
1999.
The Greene County Archives books, as written, are an excellent
reference, but extremely
verbose in old fashioned phrasing and legalese, and
not well suited to webpages. I have extracted the core information here in
more modern terms, and suggest you consult the originals for exact phrasing
if you
so desire.
* signifies a suspected error in the original.
March dates
| Officers of the Court: | ||
| Foster P. Wright, Judge | Littleberry Hendrick, Circuit Atty | Thomas Horn, Sheriff |
| Grand Jury Impanelled: |
||
| William Townsend, foreman | ||
| Jackson Langston | Benjamin Johnston | Allen Roberson |
| Charles Hatler | Thomas Hayten | William Guthry |
| Littleberry Webb | Jesse Lewis | Joseph Cannefax |
| Henry T. Duty | Alphaeus Huff | John Holcomb |
| Matthew Sims | Thomas Coughfield | Thomas Lake |
| William W. Mann | William Gideon | Thomas Hoggs |
Jury: Miles Carey, J. T. Morten, Robert W. Sims, Thomas Whitlock, George R. Rainey, H. C. Morrison, Peter Epperson, Daniel Beal, James Lee, Ephraim M. Massey, John W. Hancock, Peter Epperson*
Verdict: Guilty
Sentence: $15 fine
Disposition: Continued until next term.
Disposition: Circuit Attorney drops prosecution; Court drops indictment; Defendant released.
Disposition: General Continuance.
Chesley Cannefax reports he has delivered deed to NW quarter Sec 1 T28 R21 (160 acres) to Henry Fulbright. This is pursuant to a court judgment for William Fulbright and Achilles I. Burnet against Samuel Powers dated July 1, 1837.
Disposition: Defendant moved to quash indictment. Court sustained motion.
Disposition: Defendant moved to quash indictment. Court sustained motion.
Disposition: Continued until next term on motion of defendant.
Disposition: Witness Delpha Price filed motion to retax costs. Motion overruled.
Disposition: Circuit attorney, Defendant and his attorneys present. Prosecutor Hugh Wilkinson called three times; not present. Circuit attorney discontinues prosecution, defendant released. Defendant's costs to be paid by Hugh Wilkinson.
Disposition: Discontinued, defendant released.
Disposition: Defendant files his plea.
Disposition: Defendant moves that the Circuit attorney be required to choose which of the two counts he will try. Motion overruled.
Disposition: Defendant files his plea.
Disposition: Circuit attorney and defendant present. Hung jury; dismissed.
Plea: not guilty
Jury: William parish, Preston Hampton, Benjamin H. Butler, Randolph Moon, Sherrod Kidd, A. W. Maupin, Joseph Haden, William Murrel, L. H. Sims, Benjamin B. Snyder, Peter Epperson Jr., Tindal C. Casson
Disposition: Plaintiff's attorney present, discontinues prosecution. Defendants released. Defendants' costs to be paid by Plaintiff.
Disposition: Defendant's attorney moves Plaintiff be ordered to give security for costs.
Disposition: Defendant's attorney asks that Defendant be allowed to file answer in 60 days. Granted.
Disposition: Robert W. Sims, a security
of Defendant, discharges his bail by delivering Defendant to Sheriff's custody.
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