William T Williams Court Case 1880
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Thursday April 1.
1880 The State of Tennessee vs. W. T.
Williams Indictment Horse Stealing This day the Grand Jury returned into Court in a body and brought with
them an indictment against W.T. Williams for Horse Stealing which is in the
words and figures as follows to wit. State of Tennessee Giles County Circuit
Court July Term 1879. The Grand Jurors for the State of Tennessee good and
lawful men duly elected empaneled sworn and charged to inquire for the body
of the County of Giles aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid present then
William T Williams on the 1st day of May 1879 in the County of Giles
aforesaid did steal, take and carry away from the possession of one David
Kincaid one horse of the value of seventy five dollars; the personal goods
and property of the said Kincaid, against the peace and dignity of the State,
Second Court, and the Grand Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, do
further present that the said Williams on the day and year aforesaid in said
County, unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously did receive one horse of the
value of seventy five dollars with intent to deprive the true owner thereof
and that the same had been feloniously stolen and taken from and was the
personal goods and property of the said Kincaid and the he the said Williams
them and then well knew the same to have been so obtained, against the peace
and dignity of the State Jos H. Fussell Attorney General. A true bill Milton
A Carter forman of the Grand Jury (Endorsed thereon as follows) David W.
Kincaid, John Smith sworn upon this Indictment in open Court and examined
before the Grand Jury August 3rd 1879 Milton A Carter forman of the Grand
Jury, David W Kincaid, John Smith, James Johnson, Jos H Fussell Attorney
General. No 81 The State vs
William T Williams Horse Stealing This day came the Attorney General to prosecute for the State as well as
the defendant in his proper person in the custody of the Sheriff of Giles
County, who bring arraigned upon the charge in the Indictment in this cause
pleads not guilty and for his trial puts himself upon the County and the
attorney General for the State doth the like, thereupon came a jury of good
and lawful men to wit S.S. Harwell, S.R. Wilkinson, J.D. Hick, S.H. Tucker,
S.W. Howard, Epp Tarpley. J.M. Edwards, J.C. Smith, N.B. Worsham, T.C. Baugh,
M.S. Clifton, and H.T. Mitchell, who being duly sworn according to law and
having heard the evidence the argument of counsel and the charge of the Court
and having taken time to consider of their verdict on their oath to say, We
the jury find the defendant guilty as charged in the Indictment and assess
his punishment at imprisonment in the Penitentiary for the term of eight
years and then upon the defendant moved the Court for a new trail of this
cause, when motion was by the Court overruled and there upon the defendant
moved in arrest of the Judgment in this cause which motion was likewise
overruled by the Court and therefore it was demanded of the defendant if he
has or knows anything to say why judgment should not be pronounced against
him according to the find of the Jury who nothing further saith than he had
already said therefore it is ordered by the Court that the defendant W.T.
Williams for his offence aforesaid undergo confinement at hard labor in the
Jail or Penitentiary house of the State of Tennessee for the tern of Eight
Years commencing on this day that he be rendered infamous and be incapable of
being examined as a witness in any of the court of this state. That he be
disqualified from exercising the elective franchise or holding any office
under this state, that he pay the costs of this prosecution for which
execution will issue and it is ordered by the Court that the Clerk of this Court
immediately after the adjornment of this court notify the Lessees of the
Penitentiary of the conviction of the defendant and if they to come or send
after him within five days after receiving such notice then the Sheriff of
Giles County will at the expense of the Lessees convey the defendant to the
Penitentiary and the defendant now here renders his Bill of Executions in
this cause which is ordered to be filed and ___ a part of the record in this
cause which is now here done and the defendant prays an appeal in the cause
to the next term of the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee to be held at
the city of Nashville on the first Monday in December next which is granted
by the court and it is ordered by the court that the Sheriff of Giles County
convey the defendant to the City of Nashville and deliver him to the Jailor
of Davidson County so that he may appear before said court and defendant is
remanded to Jail. The court adjorn to tomorrow morning 8 ½ o'clock. W.S
McLemore Judge Giles Co TN Microfilm roll # 32 Vol. 4 Pg 344 Tennessee Penitentiary Pardons Granted and issued to Convicts by the
Governor of the State of Tennessee William T. Williams Horse Stealing 8 years Febry 17/86
This convict having served nearly six years out of the eight for which he was
convicted having an excellent record as a prisoner and good character before
convicted also being of respectable family with a wife and children who are
___ dependent and being recommended for pardon by a large number of citizens in
Giles Co. where he was convicted and also a long petition from citizens of
Marshall Co. where he had lived. I think those a proper one for the exercise
of executive clemency and direct the pardon and issue. Wm B Bate, Gov. |
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