Baker County GaArchives News.....Grand Jury Presentments Dec 1845 December 10 1845 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lindy Hard ssautyvalleyfarm@worldnet.att.net December 10, 2003, 8:45 am Albany Patriot [newspaper] microfilm Apr 16, 1845- Nov 1847 10 Dec 1845 Baker county Superior Court. We were necessarily in attendance upon this Court during the whole of last week, and were attentive observers of all that passed. We were forcibly struck with the moral improvement which has taken place in our county, as indicated by the good order which prevailed, compared with similar assemblages, held at the same place within a few years past. There were no criminal convictions had during the Court. Tharp, tried for passing counterfeit coin was acquitted upon the ground that he was ignorant of its character, supposing it to be genuine when he passed it. Rouse & Belcher, charged with the same offence, put off their trial until next court. Much of the civil business was postponed for want of time. The Grand Jury was composed of intelligent men, who discharged their duties faithfully. They paid a handsome and well merited compliment to Judge Warren, and other officers of the court. In simple justice to Judge Warren, we state our own candid convictions from observation; that he is excercising a healthy moral influence within the sphere of his judicial labors, by a strict and impartial administration of the laws. He carries no prejudices upon the Bench—is civil and courteous to all; he has the faculty of facilitating business without prejudicing the rights of parties—is patient in investigation—impartial in his decisions, and in his administration of the criminal laws, sevre justice is tempered with mercy. All our county offices are filled with good men, so far as we are acquainted, who have been faithful in the discharge of their duties. The amount due to the county is more than equal to its indebtedness. A good Jail has been contracted for by the county court, which will be completed in March. [separate article] Mr John Smallen and Mr. Patrick Swiney, both natives of Ireland, took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States Government, during our Superior Court last week, and had conferred upon them all the rights and privileges of citizenship. 24 Dec 1845 Grand Jury Presentments. Georgia, Baker County. The Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen and selected for the county of Baker, at the December Term of the Superior Court, 1845, in closing their very arduous labors, take this occasion to make the following presentment. We have examined the Books of the Clerk of the Superior Court, and from the very neat and superior style in which they are kept, we have reason to congratulate the people of our county that they have the services of such an able officer. The Treasurer’s Books we find kept in good order, and cash on hand amounting to $54 24, whilst the number of outstanding orders amounts to $1284 92; a fi fa in favor of the Justices of the Inferior Court, vs. B. M. Griffin as Administrator, principal and interest amounts to $1,358 68. The Taxes for the present year have not been paid into the Treasury. From an examination of the Poor School Fund, as exhibited by the Treasurer’s Books, we find an unexpended balance of that fund on hand, amounting to $132 67. After an inspection of the books of our Tax Collector and Receiver, we have allowed him, on his insolvent list for State, $32 60; County, $19 09; Poor Tax, $10 44. The bridges generally in the County are in very inferior condition. We particularly call the attention of the Inferior Court to the bridges across the Perchitler [Pachitla?], and Chickasawhatchee at Powell’s Mills, and the one on the Itchawaynocchaway Creek, on the Fort Gaines and Albany road. The new road which has been recently cut from Albany, leading to Fort Gaines, is one of great importance to the public, and for the purpose of increasing its utility, we recommend that it be extended, crossing at Grimmett’s Causeway so as to intersect the Fort Gaines road at or near Mrs. Keel’s. In taking leave of his Honor, Judge Warren, we beg leave to say, that while we tender him our sincere thanks for his kindness, courtesy and attention to our body during the present laborious Term of service, we cannot too much admire and approve his impartial, faithful, and zealous administration of the laws of the land. The Solicitor General’s indefatigable industry in ferreting out offenders, meets with our hearty concurrence, while his politeness, and respectful attention to us, deserves our highest encomiums. JOHN JACKSON, Foreman. Reuben K Hunt, John Adams, Edmund Richardson, Levi Griffin, Reddin Faircloth, Wm. W. Wellington, Malachiah Roby, Sugar J Colley, Daniel B Rich, Cader Price, George Colley, Nathan Jordan, Jesse Lott, Jesse W Goodson, Anthony G Weaver, John C Sutton, Henry B Nelson, Charles W Roby. Ordered, That the above General Presentments, or so much of them as relates to the public, be published in the Courier and Patriot newspapers at Albany, in this county. A true transcript from the Minutes of said Court, this 8th day of December, 1845. SETH C STEVENS, Clerk. Dec. 24, 1846. [sic] 37—1t This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb