DOCKET BOOK, BANKS COUNTY GEORGIA

 

             
             
October 1859-October 1866            
             
STATE VS.   CHARGE   DISPOSITION    
             
October Term 1859            
Cases transferred fom Habersham Superior Court            
             
William R. Wofford   Indictment for misdemeanor   April 1858 No Appearance as to F. & J. Higgins & Dill    
Fleming Higgins   found at April Term 1857   Verdict Guilty as to F. & J. Higgins & Dill, Verdict Guilty as to William B. Wofford, Wilbern Wofford and Wiley Acre-Referd.    
Wiley Acre       April 1860 Award returned    
Wilbern Wofford       & made to the Judge of    
Jefferson Higgins       the Court    
Andrew J. Dill            
             
Lilbern H. Wright   Riot October Term 1857   April 1858 No Appearance    
        April 1860 Award to Judge of the court    
             
Robert F. Wright   Assault & Battery   April 1858 Referd.    
    found at April Term 1857   April 1860 Award to Judge of the court    
             
April Term 1860            
             
Thomas Mize   Assault & Battery   April 1860 plead Guilty    
    Indicted October 1859        
             
James Chitwood   Adultery & Fornication   October 1860    
    True Bill April 1860   Subpoenas to Thomas Little & John Lane    
        Oct 1860 non est    
        April 1863 nol prosd    
             
Charles Wofford   Adultery & Fornication   October 1860    
    True Bill April 1860   Subpoenas to Jacob Stone & John Lane    
        October non est    
        April 1862 nol prosd    
             
Lylburn Wright   Malicious Mischief   October 1860    
    True Bill April 1860   John Parker, Calvin S. Weld. James H. notified (?), Logan Perkins, Joshua M. White    
        October 1860 Verdict Guilty    
             
William P. Sherden   Simple Larceny   October 1860 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
April Term 1861            
             
Thomas Chandler   Assault & Battery   Subpoenas for the State John N. Turk, D. L. Watson, Enoch Rucker    
        April 1862 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
Thomas Dodd   Malicious Mischief   Subpoenas for the State William Ash, Hugh Atkins, F. A. Garrison, William Turk    
Alanson W. Owen       April 1861 Volunteered    
Milton Mosby or Mosly       Bill to be nol prosd. when mustered into Service    
        April 1862 nol prosd.    
             
William House   Affray   Witnesses for the State William C. Scales, John N. Turk, Samuel W. Pruitt, Frank Owen    
John Hix       Sub. for Deft. Sanders Watson, Noah Mays    
        April 1861 House volunteered to be nol prosd. as to to him when mustered into Service    
        Deft. Hix plead Guilty    
        April 1862 nol prosd.    
             
Thomas McGill   Affray   Subpoenas for State Thomas F. Hill, Frank Owen    
Benjamin Church       April 1863 nol prosd.    
             
October Term 1861            
             
Charles Young   Murder   No entries    
             
Dilllard Cash   Adultery & Fornication   Subpoenas for State Lemuel Norton, Bird Cash, Thomas Wilkison    
Clarkie A. Lane            
             
John J. Walker   Riot   April 1862 nol prosd. as to all but Thomas B. Walker & Louis B. Hardy    
Thomas V. Forbes       Cont. by Hardy and Walker    
Thomas B. Walker       October 1862 nol prosd.    
James W. Chatman            
Alanson W. Owen            
Thomas R. Dodd            
Louis B. Hardy            
             
Samuel W. Pruitt   Assault & Battery   April 1862 nol prosd.    
             
George Vaughn   Assault & Battery   Subpoenas for State Wilburn M. Caudell, Enoch Brady, Benjamin Brady, John Broom    
        Subpoenas for Deft. Enoch Brady, John Broom, Benjamin Brady    
        April 1862 Cont. by Deft.    
        Oct. 1862 Cont. by State-Deft. demanded trial    
        April 1863 Deft. discharged    
             
Henry S. M. Wade   Stabbing   April 1867 Cont. by State    
        Oct. 1867 Deft. demands trial    
             
             
Calvin S. Weld   False Swearing   April 1865 Bond Forfeited    
    charged April & Oct terms 1862   April 1867 New Bond Forfeited    
        Oct. 1869 nol prosd at last term    
             
James Rampey   Being a Common Cheat   May 1866 Cont. by State    
    & Swindler   Oct. 1869 nol prosd. at last term    
             
NOTE-Records for the October Term 1862 dispositions are sketchy and not aligned well with the charges on the Indictment pages            
             
             
April Term 1863            
             
Thomas Kimbal   Misdemeanor   Non est.    
             
Robert McCollum   Murder   April 1863 Verdict Guilty of    
        Voluntary Manslaughter    
             
October Term 1863            
             
James Crocker   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Cont. by Deft.    
William Smith       May 1866 nol prosd.    
             
Joseph B. Broom   Misdemeanor   Non est.    
             
Allen Acre   Misdemeanor   May 1866 nol prosd.    
             
October Term 1863   Continued        
             
Allen Daniel   Assault & Battery   May 1866 nol prosd.    
             
Mark A. Daniel   Stabbing   May 1866 nol. prosd.    
             
John D. Terrell   Misdemeanor   October 1863 Cont. by Defts.    
James Perry Echols       April 1865 Cont. by State, Defts. demanded trial    
        May 1866 Echols bond fofeited, nol prosd. as to Terrell    
        Oct. 1866 nol. prosd. as to Echols    
             
Thomas R. Dodd   Larceny from the House   October 1863 Verdict Guilty    
             
John A. Moore   Larceny from the House   April 1865 Deft. in Army    
        May 1866 Deft. plead Guilty to crime    
        of Accepting after the fact    
             
October Term 1864            
             
James Crocker   Misdemeanor   No entry    
             
April Term 1865            
             
William C. Chambers   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
John Brooks   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
Armor Rucker   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
Thomas Ausbern   Murder   April 1865 Cont. by State    
John M. Hill       May 1866 Cont. by State as to Means & Osborn   ,
William H. Means       Hill and Brown bonds forfeited    
Henry T. Brown       Oct. 1866 Cont. by State    
        April 1867 Brown new bond forfeited    
        April 1867 Verdict Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter    
        as to Thomas Ausborn Not Guilty as to Hill    
        April 1869 Wm. H. Means pardoned & discharged without day (sic)    
             
William H. Means   Assault & Battery   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
MIchael A. Borders   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
John D. Terrell   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
William Hicks   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
John. L. Gordon   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
William H. Means   Misdemeanor   April 1865 Cont. as to Patterson    
John Patterson       Means plead Guilty    
        May 1866 Nol prosd. as to Patterson    
             
October Term 1866            
             
Diannah Dodd   Assault & Battery   No entries    
Julia Dodd            
Cynthia Dodd            
Adolphus Smith            
             
Charles Terrell   Murder   October 1868 No arrest, Charles Terrell dead    
James Headrick       October 1869 No arrest    
Andrew Shula            
Lew Murphy            
             
Benjamin Catlett   Larceny from the House   Unreadable except: Oct. 1868 No arrest as to Cobb & Cowan    
Edward Cowan            
Richard V. Cobb            
James Mangum            
George Shamblee            
Alo___ Brooks            
             
Nancy Roper   Simple Larceny   October 1868 No arrest    
             
John Means   Assault & Battery   April 1867 Nol prosd. on    
        payment of costs    
             
Mary A. K. Allen   Living with a man in   October 1866 Verdict Guilty    
    a state of fornication and adultery        
             
James Segars   Living with a woman in   October 1866 Cont. by Deft.    
    a state of fornication and adultery   April 1867 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
George Patterson   Assault & Battery   Settled (?)    
             
William H. Means   Assault & Battery   October 1868 No Arrest    
        Apl 6 Settled by Prosecutor & Deft..    
        Cost paid by Deft.    
             
William H. Means   Assault & Battery   April 1867 John Means plead Guilty    
George Patterson       October 1867 Geo. Patterson plead Guilty    
John Means       October 1868 No arrest as to Means    
        Apl. 6 Settled as to Means by him    
        and Prosecutor & Cost as to Means settled    
             
William H. Means   Assault & Battery   October 1868 No Arrest    
        Aprl. 6 1869 Settled by Prosecutor & Deft.    
        Cost paid by Deft.    
             
John Smith   Assault & Battery   October 1866 Deft. plead Guilty    
             
James Rucker   Assault with intent   October 1866 Copy Bill in lieu of the lost Original    
    to Murder   October 1866 Deft. plead Guilty to Assault    
             
James Smith   Shooting at Another   October 1868 No Arrest    
             
George Sweatman   Peace Warrant   October 1866 Deft. discharged    
        at payment (?) of costs    
             
George Sweatman   Living together with a   October 1866 Deft. plead Guilty    
    woman in a State of        
    Adultery & fornication        
             
Harriett Audiron (?)   Concealing the death   October 1866 Deft. plead Guilty    
(Colored)   of her Bastard Child        
             
Source-Original Record, Banks County Courthouse, Homer Georgia            
Copy and Copyright 2004 by Jacqueline King            


Background by Donna Brand