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- Writ of arrest issued to the sheriff of Autauga County of the Alabama Territory, commanding him "to take the body of Mathew Duncan, if to be found within your county & him safely keep" until the date of his trial.
- 1819-06-21
- A note on the back explains the charge to the accused, Mathew Duncan: "Take notice this action is brought to recover the price of a horse the proper goods & chattels of Thomas Cargill which you took & converted to your own use." A transcript is...
- 2012-01-27
- Writ of arrest issued to the sheriff of Autauga County of the Alabama Territory, commanding him "to take the body of Mathew Duncan, if to be found within your county & him safely keep" until the date of his trial.
- 1819-06-21
- A note on the back explains the charge to the accused, Mathew Duncan: "This is an action brought by Thomas Cargill against you to recover five hundred Dollars for breaking & entering with force & arms the premises of him the said Thomas & taking &...
- 2012-01-27
- Letter from W. Gray, sheriff of Morgan County, Alabama, to Governor Pickens in Greene County, Alabama.
- 1822-05-01
- In the letter Gray discusses the case of Adam Lowry, who was tried and convicted twice, first for stealing a hog and then for stealing a horse. He explains that Lowry "is an object of Executive Clemency" and asks that he be pardoned from serving...
- 2010-12-07
- Sheriff's deed for the purchase of a slave by R. D. Gayle at an auction in Clarke County, Alabama.
- 1848-06-05
- Gayle purchased the slave, a four-year-old boy named Blount, for $173.
- 2011-11-16
- Advertisement for a captured slave, submitted by Sheriff P. B. Skipper in Henry County.
- 1849-10-16
- In the advertisement Skipper describes the slave and asks his owner, Jackson Lawrence of Russell County, Alabama, to "come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away."
- 2009-08-24
- Letter from Sheriff W. L. Guin in Vernon, Alabama, to Governor William Hugh Smith.
- 1870-04-26
- In the letter Guin, the sheriff of Sanford County (present-day Lamar County) describes violence against African American citizens in Fayette County. He gives details about six murders that have occurred in the last few months; the guilty parties...
- 2009-09-15
- Sheriff's deed for the sale of land in Lowndes County, Alabama, which Thomas H. Watts purchased for $150.
- 1874-07-07
- 2011-11-16
- Report of J. L. Moon, sheriff of Lee County, listing "seizures of whiskey" made from March 15, 1915, to April 28, 1916.
- 1916-06-05
- For each seizure, Moon gives the name of the offender; the dates of the arrest and conviction; the amount of whiskey seized; and the date the alcohol was destroyed.
- 2009-12-03
- Report of J. W. Livings, sheriff of Covington County, listing "seizures of intoxicating liquor" made from July 14, 1915, to June 9, 1916.
- 1916-06-15
- For each case, Livings gives the name of the offender and the judge who issued the search warrant; describes the investigation of the premises; and tells whether or not any alcohol was found. When liquor was confiscated, he gives the amount and...
- 2009-12-03
- Letters between J. A. May, sheriff of Houston County, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04
- In the first letter, written April 23, 1917, May asks Bankhead to support the proposed selective service legislation rather than relying on volunteers to fill the ranks: "If...it is left up to the people of this country to volunteer to win this...
- 2010-12-07