Schley County GaArchives Court.....Blackman, Charles September 1888
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Source: Orig. Document, Schley County Courthouse
Written: September 1888

THE STATE vs. CHARLES BLACKMAN
Sentence of Death
Sept. Term 1888

Indictment for murder in Schley Superior Court and verdict of "Guilty" at 
special term, July 1887.

The jury trying the above stated case having returned the following 
verdict, "We the jury, find the defendant, Charles Blackman, guilty, " and the 
defendant having made a motion for a new trial, which being overruled, 
defendant excepted the veto and caused the same to be heard in the Supreme 
Court, when the said Supreme Court affirmed the verdict of the Superior Court, 
wherefore the judgment of the Supreme Court was made the judgment of this 
court.

It is therefore considered ordered and adjudged that the defendant, Charles 
Blackman, be removed from the courtroom where he now is, to the common jail of 
Sumter county, where he shall be safely and securely kept, without bail 
or ?????????? until the day of execution.

That on the (19th) nineteenth day of October, 1888, the said Sheriff shall in 
said county of Schley as provided by law, publicly hang said Charles Blackman, 
by the neck until he is dead.  The execution shall take place between the 
hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon of said 19th day of 
October 1888.

The said Sheriff shall summon and provide a sufficient guard to transport said 
Charles Blackman from Sumter County jail to the place of execution, and 
require said guards to be in attendance to assist in said execution.

The Ordinary of Schley County will select a suitable place for the aforesaid 
execution and is ordered to cause a suitable gallows to be erected as provided 
by law.

Dr. J.N. Cheney and Dr. C.H. Smith will attend the said execution and 
determine when death takes place.

Sept. Term 1888

Allen Fort
J.S.C.S.C.
(Judge Schley County Superior Court)


(Notes:   Charles Blackman, a negro, was tried 5 times for the murder of 
Stonewall J. Tondee in 1885.  He was found guilty each time and won a new 
trial 4 times.  During this he escaped from the Sumter county jail once and 
was recaptured.  The sentence was eventually carried out after several delays 
on January 25, 1889.  Charles Blackman went to his death that day professing 
his innocence, despite being found guilty 5 times.  The entire story can be 
read in newspaper accounts at 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/newspapers/nw506sjtondee.txt  )

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