HAYWOOD COUNTY TN - COURT RECORDS - Circuit Court Records Feb 25, 1857

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TENNESSEE STATE ARCHIVES MICROFILM ROLL #11



BOOK 1847--1852   PAGE 464  CIRCUIT COURT TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25TH 1857



STATE OF TENNESSEE  HAYWOOD COUNTY--Circuit Court February term in the year of

Our Lord eighteen hundred and Fifty one. 



The Grand Jurors of the State of Tennessee,elected,impanelled,Sworn and Charged

to inquire  in August for the County of Haywood upon their oath present that

ROBERT WEBB (Junior) late of said County not having the fear of God before his

eyes,but being moved and Seduced by the instigation of the devil,on the Seventh

day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty one,with force

and arms in the county aforesaid in and upon one WILLIAM WEBB inthe peace of God

and the said State,then and there being feloneously,wilfully and of his malice

aforethought,did make an assault,and that the said ROBERT WEBB with a certain

Knife of the value of fifty cents,which he the said ROBERT WEBB in his right

hand then and there had and held,the said WILLIAM WEBB in and upon the left

breast of him,the said WILLIAM WEBB,then and there feloneously,wilfully and his

malice aforethought did strike and thrust,giving to the said WILLIAM WEBB,then

and there with the Knife aforesaid.in and upon the left breast of him the said

WILLIAM WEBB one Mortal wound,of the depth of three inches,and the breadth of

one inch,of which said Mortal wound,the said WILLIAM WEBB,then and there in the

County aforesaid instantly died.And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath

aforesaid,do say that the said ROBERT WEBB ___The said WILLIAM WEBB,in Manner

and from aforesaid,feloneous,wilfully and of his Malice aforethought,did kill

and murder to the evil example of all others in like case offending and against

the peace and dignity of the state. 



TIMOTHY P.SCURLOCK  Attorney General of the tenth Judicial Circuit Court.

Endorsed this ___.ASBURY M.WEBB,Prosecutor. Witnesses for the State, ELIZABETH

MOORE, ROBERT WEBB,Senr.,JAMES TRUMAN (?).Sworn in open Court and Sent to the

grand Jury 25th of January 1857. J.M.RUTLEDGE Clk. A True Bill. JONATHAN

F.JACOCKS foreman of the grand Jury.  Court adjourned until 8 o'clock. JOHN

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