Common Law Book "C"
October, 1853 - September, 1871
COMMON LAW BOOK #C
OCTOBER, 1853 - SEPTEMBER, 1871
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P. O. Box 1712, Benton, AR 72018.
Submitted by
Deb Robinson
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PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT CHARGE PAGE NO.
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(CRIMINAL CASES)
(FILE #25)
ARKANSAS, STATE OF ALLEN, ABNER MURDER 1, 10, 18, 30, 47,
64, 81, 92, 102,
115
ALLEN, URIAH ASSAULT & BATTERY 24, 25, 36
ALLEN, WILLIAM D. ASSAULT & BATTERY 5, 6
BANKS, TUNSTALL
(FILE #53)
BAYS, WILLIAM MURDER 19, 30, 39, 43, 44,
45, 46, 51, 52, 60,
66, 67, 68, 76, 77,
88, 90, 91, 99, 100
BEAN, LEONIDAS H. ASSAULT & BATTERY 8
BOGLE, DAVID CONTEMPT OF COURT 37
BORLAND, STERLING ASSAULT & BATTERY 2
(FILE #108)
BRODIE, ROBERT SABBATH BREAKING 107
(FILE #64)
BROOKIN, HENRY 69
(FILE #68)
BROOKS, ATHEY BETTING AT FARO 76
(FILE #87)
BULLEN, JOHN ASSAULT & BATTERY 31, 32, 94 (A), 104
(FILE #88)
BULLEN, JOHN ASSAULT & BATTERY 94 (A), 95, 104
(FILE #89)
BULLEN, JOHN ASSAULT & BATTERY 95, 104
BUNCH, BEN MALICIOUSLY KILLING
STORK 49, 65
BUNCH, COON MALICIOUSLY KILLING
STORK 49, 65
BUNCH, MART MALICIOUSLY KILLING
STORK 49, 65
(FILE #62)
BURROW, SIMON P. GAMING 72, 73
(FILE #109)
COBB, WILLIAM AFFRAY 108
CURTIS, JOHN SELLING LIQUOR ON
SUNDAY 11, 22, 30, 31
DOUGLASS, JOHN RIOT 53, 54
(FILE #80)
DOUTHIT, JAMES RIOT 85, 96, 103
DOUTHIT, RILEY W. RIOT 85, 96, 103
DOUTHIT, WOODY RIOT 85, 96, 103
(FILE #82)
DUNAHOO, WILLIAM ASSAULT & BATTERY 89
EDMONDS, SARAH LIVING AS HUSBAND &
WIFE 8
ELMORE, THOMAS RIOT 55
ELMORE, THOMAS FALSE IMPRISONMENT 56
EMERSON, HENRY ASSAULT & BATTERY 11
(FILE #53)
EZELL, JOSEPH MURDER 19, 30, 39, 43, 44,
45, 46, 51, 52, 60,
61, 62, 66, 67, 68,
76, 77, 78, 79, 88,
90, 99, 100, 103
GLENN, JOHN ASSAULT & BATTERY 2
GLENN, WILLIAM FORFEITURE OF BOND 7, 28, 38
GUEST, JOSEPH ASSAULT & BATTERY 33, 48, 49
(FILE #94)
GOUCH, THOMAS LARCENY 98, 99
HAMMOND, RICHARD
P. ASSAULT & BATTERY 3, 4, 5
(FILE #74)
HANNAH, ANDREW ASSAULT & BATTERY 86
HARRIS, WILLIAM RIOT 55
HARRIS, WILLIAM FALSE IMPRISONMENT 56
(FILE #93)
HAYS, JASPER FAILING TO WORK ON
ROAD 97, 98
HENDERSON, ALFRED
C. ASSAULT WITH CLUB 4
(FILE #103)
HENRY, JOHN NEGLECT OF DUTY AS
OVERSEER 111
(FILE #110)
HENSON, BENJAMIN FORFEITURE OF BOND 112, 113
HICKS, GILBERT ASSAULT & BATTERY 35
(FILE #70)
HICKS, JAMES ASSAULT & BATTERY 79
HOLLY, MARK ASSAULT & BATTERY 34, 35
HOMAN, SAMUEL RIOT 54
(FILE #91)
HOOD, REUBEN M. ASSAULT & BATTERY 95, 96
(FILE #71)
HICKS, JAMES L. ASSAULT & BATTERY 79
(FILE #69)
JULIAN, JAMES E. ASSAULT & BATTERY 79
(FILE #54)
KELTNER, WILLIAM
H. ASSAULT WITH INTENT
TO KILL 59, 60, 69, 70, 86,
87, 93, 108, 112,
115
(FILE #55)
KELTNER, WILLIAM
H. HUNTING ON SUNDAY 70
(FILE #56)
KELTNER, WILLIAM
H. HUNTING ON SUNDAY 70
(FILE #86)
KESTERSON, J. B. BETTING AT SEVEN UPS 94 (A)
(FILE #67)
KESTERSON, JEROME
B. BETTING AT FARO 75
(FILE #86)
KESTERSON, JEROME
B. BETTING AT SEVEN UP 109
(FILE #73)
KUYKENDALL,
CORNELIUS ASSAULT 82
(FILE #46)
LANE, JAMES B. KEEPING GROCERY
WITHOUT LICENSE 10, 50, 68, 69
LANE, JAMES B. RECEIVING STOLEN
GOODS 12, 13, 21, 22, 23
(FILE #61)
LANE, JAMES B. GAMING 71, 72
(FILE #60)
LANE, JAMES B. SELLING ARDENT
SPIRITS ON SUNDAY 72
(FILE #63)
LANE, JAMES B. BETTING AT FARO 73, 74
(FILE #96)
LANE, JAMES B. ASSAULT & BATTERY 104, 105
(FILE #61)
LANE, JOHN GAMING 71, 72
(FILE #99)
LANE, JOHN ASSAULT & BATTERY 105, 106
(FILE #78)
LANE, JOHN T. ASSAULT & BATTERY 84, 85
(FILE #80)
LANE, JOHN T. RIOT 85, 96, 103
LANE, WILLIAM KEEPING GROCERY
WITHOUT LICENSE 13, 14
LANE, WILLIAM ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY
THING 24, 25, 36, 37
(FILE #61)
LANE, WILLIAM GAMING 71, 72
(FILE #79)
LANE, WILLIAM A. ASSAULT & BATTERY 82
(FILE #90)
LANE, WILLIAM ASSAULT & BATTERY 95
(FILE #97)
LANE, WILLIAM ASSAULT & BATTERY 105
(FILE #98)
LANE, WILLIAM ASSAULT & BATTERY 105
(FILE #77)
LANGLEY, JOHN AFFRAY 83, 84, 87, 93,
94
(FILE #106)
LEACH, EMMET SABBATH BREAKING 107
LEE, WILLIAM ASSAULT WITH WEAPON 34
(FILE #66)
LEE, WILLIAM BETTING AT FARO 74, 75
LEECH, JACOB W. FORFEITURE OF BOND 7
(FILE #104)
LEVY, HARMON SABBATH BREAKING 106
(FILE #105)
LINDAUR, DAVID SABBATH BREAKING 106, 107
LINDSEY, JOHN C. ASSAULT & BATTERY 5, 6
LONG, JAMES ASSAULT & BATTERY 2
(FILE #57)
LOONEY, AMOS HUNTING ON SUNDAY 70, 71, 82, 83
MARTIN, JAMES RIOT 54, 55
MARTIN, JAMES FALSE IMPRISONMENT 55
(FILE #110)
MCCLAIN, WILLIAM
T. FORFEITURE OF BOND 112, 113
(FILE #1)
MCDONALD, ALBERT
W. LARCENY 4, 18, 30, 47, 64,
81, 92, 102, 115
MCDONALD, ALBERT
W. FORFEITURE OF BOND 7, 10, 47
(FILE #86)
MCHENRY, JESSUP BETTING AT SEVEN UPS 94 (A)
MCHENRY, JOSEPH,
ET AL RIOT 52, 53
MILLER, JOSEPH ASSAULT & BATTERY 10
MILLINER, LEWIS ASSAULT & BATTERY 5, 6, 32
(FILE #75)
MONTGOMERY, JOS. ASSAULT & BATTERY 82, 83, 103
MORRIS, BRADFORD FORFEITURE OF BOND 7
MORRIS, CARTER FORFEITURE OF BOND 7
FILE #109)
URRAY WILLIAM AFFRAY 108
FILE #35)
NANCE, THOMAS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 37, 48, 65, 68,
97, 103, 104
(FILE #110)
NANCE, THOMAS FORFEITURE OF BOND 112, 113
NEEL, JOHN ASSAULT & BATTERY 33, 34
PACK, NATHAN ASSAULT & BATTERY 11, 21
PACK, NATHAN ASSAULT & BATTERY 24, 25, 36
PACK, NATHAN ASSAULT 51, 52
(FILE #72)
PACK, NATHAN ASSAULT 80
(FILE #83)
PACK, NATHAN ASSAULT & BATTERY 94
(FILE #84)
PACK, NATHAN ASSAULT & BATTERY 94
PACK, THOMAS ASSAULT & BATTERY 22
PACK, THOMAS FORFEITURE OF BOND 115
(FILE #61)
PATCH, SAMUEL GAMING 71, 72, 77
(FILE #65)
PATTERSON, LEWIS
I. BETTING AT FARO 74
(FILE #81)
PAYNE, WILLIAM ASSAULT & BATTERY 24, 25, 36, 89
PECK, COMFORT FORFEITURE OF BOND 7, 28, 38
POSTEN, SAMUEL ASSAULT & BATTERY 51
POWELL, BRITTAIN SELLING LIQUOR ON
SUNDAY 19
PRYOR, WILSON S. MARKING HOGS 8
ROBINS, JACOB G. CONTEMPT OF COURT 38
ROWLAND, ALEXANDER
E. FALSE IMPRISONMENT 55, 56
ROWLAND, GREEN RIOT 54
ROWLAND, GREEN L. 100, 101, 110, 111
RUCKER, FRANKLIN HARBORING FUGITIVE 4, 19, 21, 23
RUCKER, JAMES HARBORING FUGITIVE 14, 19, 21, 23
(FILE #77)
SALLIERS,
WASHINGTON AFFRAY 83, 84, 93, 94,
103
SINK, PHILLIP ASSAULT & BATTERY 7
SINK, PHILLIP LIVING AS HUSBAND &
WIFE 8
SLADE, JOHN F. ASSAULT & BATTERY 31, 39
SLADE, JOHN F. ASSAULT WITH INTENT
TO KILL 40
(FILE #76)
SNOW, OBEDIAH HUNTING ON SUNDAY 83
(FILE #100)
SNOW, OBEDIAH ASSAULT & BATTERY 110
SPENCER, JESSE ASSAULT WITH INTENT
TO COMMIT RAPE 35, 36, 49
(FILE #108)
STRAWN, THOMAS SABBATH BREAKING 107
(FILE #110)
THOMPSON, MOSES FORFEITURE OF BOND 112, 113
TINKLE, ROBERT W. ASSAULT & BATTERY 4
TOLL, A SLAVE
(PROPERTY OF SAMUEL
MCMORRIN) MURDER 12, 15, 17, 25, 26,
30
TUDOR, JARRETT M. ASSAULT & BATTERY 57
TURNER, JOHN B. ASSAULT & BATTERY 11, 12
WALKER, SYLVESTER FORFEITURE OF BOND 7, 15, 28, 38
(FILE #59)
WEBB, ABROSE HUNTING ON SUNDAY 66
(FILE #58)
WEBB, WILLIAM HUNTING ON SUNDAY 65, 66
WHITE, BERRY ASSAULT & BATTERY 35
WHITE, SAMUEL,
ET AL RIOT 51, 53, 54, 55, 56
WHITNEY, JOSEPH LARCENY 16, 17, 19, 20, 21
WITHAM, WASHINGTON ASSAULT & BATTERY 1
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN DISMISSAL 7
(FILE #29 - 30)
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN ASSAULT WITH INTENT
TO KILL 27, 39, 42, 43, 57,
58, 59
(FILE #44 - 45)
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN ASSAULT & BATTERY 49, 50, 56, 57
(FILE #61)
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN GAMING 71, 72
(FILE #102)
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN SELLING SPIRITS
IN QUANTITIES
LESS THAN (1) QUART 106
(FILE #92)
WRIGHT, JOHN N. ASSAULT & BATTERY 96, 109, 110
WYLIE, LEVI ASSAULT & BATTERY 11
(CIVIL CASES - ONLY THREE LISTED IN THIS BOOK)
KELLY, JAMES ZACHARIAH DODD 39
PERRY, JOHN C. COUNTY OF SALINE 41
SHOPPACH, JOHN W.,
ET AL COUNTY OF PULASKI 41
(GRAND JURY NOTIFICATIONS)
ALLEN, ELENZER H. - - ATTACHMENT ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR BEFORE GRAND JURY TO
TESTIFY, APRIL 20, 1860
BOURGEVINE, EDMOND - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, APRIL 18, 1859
BUCHANAN, GIVEN P. - - INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN FOR PERJURY, OCTOBER 18, 1860
BUCHANAN, JOHN R. - - INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN FOR PERJURY, OCTOBER 18, 1860
BUCHANAN, WILLIAM
CATHERINE
JOHN R.
REBECCA E. - - INDICTMENT RETURNED BY GRAND JURY; NOT A TRUE BILL; PERSONS ARE
ORDERED TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL. A SEPARATE BILL OF INDICTMENT
WAS ISSUED FOR WILLIAM BUCHANAN FOLLOWING HIS RELEASE.
CALDWELL, JACOB K. - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, APRIL 19, 1860
CHENNAULT, JOSEPH M. - -PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF GEORGE JAMES, APRIL 24, 1856
COBB, WILLIAM - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, OCTOBER 21, 1856
COOPER, NATHAN W. - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF WILLIAM R. GREGORY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866
CRAWFORD, AUGUSTUS A. - BAILIFF TO GRAND JURY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1866
DODGE, GEORGE E. - - PETITION TO BE ENROLLED AS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY, MARCH 23, 1868;
APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, MARCH 24, 1868
DEADMAN, ROBERT H. - - APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1866
DODD, ZACHARIAH - - APPOINTED A GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF JAMES E. JULIAN, APRIL 23, 1856
DUFFIE, SAMUEL F. - - APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870
FARR, Z. P. H. - - APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1869
FARRELLY, CHARLES C. - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, APRIL 18, 1859
GANT, DICK - - APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, MARCH 28, 1871
GLIDEWELL, H. E. - - APPOINTED AS BAILIFF TO GRAND JURY, MARCH 25, 1867
GRANT, WILLIAM - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF JOHN F. MCCRAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866
GREGORY, WILLIAM R. - - EXCUSED AS GRAND JUROR, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866
HENSLEE, DAVID - - APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF IN CHARGE OF GRAND JURY, OCTOBER 15, 1855
HENSLEE, JOSIAH D. - - BAILIFF TO THE GRAND JURY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865
HOCKERSMITH, A. C. - - APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865
HOCKERSMITH, A. R. - - CLERK OF THE COURT, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865
HOLT, JAMES T. - - APPOINTED AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT HIM IN HIS CASE, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870
JAMES, GEORGE - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, APRIL 23, 1856
JULIAN, JAMES D. - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, APTIL 23, 1856
KINSER, MARTIN L. - - APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF IN CHARGE OF GRAND JURY, APRIL 16, 1855
MCCRAY, JOHN F. - - EXCUSED AS GRAND JUROR, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866
MCKINLEY, W. L. - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, MARCH 25, 1867; APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING
NOVEMBER 6, 1867
MEDLOCK, CONSTANTINE H.,
MEDLOCK, JOHN F.
MEDLOCK, JAMES N. - - CHARGES FOR HOG STEALING WITHDRAWN BY STATE, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870
NASH, LUCIEN B. - - APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, MARCH 25, 1869
NEWTON, ROBERT C. - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865; APPOINTED AS
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1868; APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY
TO REPRESENT JAMES T. HOLT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870
PACK, THOMAS - - APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF; SHERIFF, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865
PACK, WILLIAM M. - - APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF, MARCH 24, 1862
PELTON, EMORY E. - - APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF IN CHARGE OF GRAND JURY, APRIL 18, 1859;
APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF OCTOBER TERM, 1860 AND APRIL TERM 1861;
EXCUSED FROM SERVING AS BAILIFF, APRIL 16, 1861
PELTON, WILLIAM M. - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, SEPTEMBER 25, 1867
SADBERRY, WILLIAM - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF WILLIAM M. PELTON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1867
SIMMONS, JESSE J. - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, APRIL 17, 1861
SMITH, HENRY C. - - PETITIONING COURT TO BE PRACTICING ATTORNEY, MARCH 25, 1867; ENROLLED
PRACTICING ATTORNEY, MARCY 26, 1867
SMITH, JABEZ - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865; APPOINTED AS
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1871
STEEL, HOWARD - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF WILLIAM COBB, OCTOBER 21, 1856
STILLWELL, JOSEPH - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865
WALKER, JOHN F. - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF JACOB K. CALDWELL, APRIL 19, 1860
WATKINS, GEORGE C. - - APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, MARCH 24, 1862
WHYTOCK, JOHN - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865; APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865; APPOINTED AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, MARCH 19, 1866
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL W. - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865
WILSON, JAMES W. - - DISCHARGED AS GRAND JUROR, APRIL 21, 1858
WILSON, WILLIAM A. - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF JESSE J. SIMMONS, APRIL 17, 1861
WISHERT, JOHN, SR. & JR. - - INDICTMENT RETURNED BY GRAND JURY; NOT A TRUE BILL; ORDERED TO
BE RELEASED FROM JAIL, MARCH,19, 1866
WOODRUFF, WILLIAM E. - - ENROLLED AS PRACTICING ATTORNEY, APRIL 18, 1859
WORKMAN, NATHAN - - PLACED AS GRAND JUROR IN PLACE OF JAMES W. WILSON, APRIL 21, 1858
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN F. - - APPOINTED AS BAILIFF, SEPTEMBER 23, 1862