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Collection: The Law, Crime and Punishment
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With the Courts, 1889-1910.
A collection of Circuit, Justice and Mayor's Court notices from the Florence Herald Newspaper for the years 1889-1910.
These notices list who was in court that week, what they were charged with and what the sentence was. In the late 19th century…
With the Courts
A collection of Florence Herald articles for 1898 detailing the arrests, trials, and sentencing of Lauderdale County residents in the commissioner's, mayor's and police courts. Usually, though not always, African-American defendants are noted by the…
With the Courts
A Thursday, March 24, 1898 *Florence Herald* report of the cases in Lauderdale County Circuit Court, including African-Americans Bob Buckingham, in court for "indulging his pugilistic propensities," and Charlie Brown, a former resident, wanted in…
Waterloo Resident Fount Turpin Killed by an Unknown Party
Three brief November and December, 1880 newspaper notices reporting the murder of African-American Waterloo, Alabama resident Fountain "Fount" Turpin by an unknown party.
Fountain Turpin was born in Alabama ca. 1833. His wife's name was Mary (ca.…
Walter and Dave Cragton [sic] arrested.
October, 1911 report of the arrest of Walter and Dave Cragton [sic] by Lauderdale County Deputy Sheriff Ed Broadfoot on an indictment by the grand jury on the charges of assault with a revolver and carrying a concealed pistol. Both men were released…
Vaughan and Buckingham Altercation
A Wednesday, June 18, 1873 *Florence Times-Journal* report of an altercation between black residents Nat Vaughan and Jim Buckingham which resulted in both men suffering "the usual penalty," meaning they were fined and released.
Jim Buckingham may…
The Trials and Sentencing of Bill Brown for the Murder of Constable James Foster at Rogersville, Alabama in 1895.
A Series of 1895 and 1896 Florence Gazette, Herald and Times, newspaper articles on the arrest, trial sentencing, conviction and appeal of Lauderdale County African-American resident Bill Brown for the midnight, Sunday, April 12, 1896 murder of…
The State of Alabama vs. Simon Jackson & Edward Coffee
[Sim]on Jackson Convicted of Murder
This is an entry from Lauderdale County Circuit Court Minute Docket G, 1870-1875, p. 702, in which Simon Jackson and Edward Coffee were arraigned in Circuit Court for the murder of Coleman Williams. Both men plead "not guilty" and were bound over for…
The Shooting of John Rowell at Colbert's Reserve in September of 1896
Two September, 1896 Florence Herald and Florence Times articles reporting on the fatal shooting of African-American resident John Rowell of Colbert's Reserve, at WL Sherrod's house on the Boddie Place near the "bend of the river," in west Lauderdale…
The Police Court
An April 21, 1915 Florence Herald report of the arrest, trial and conviction of three men in Florence's police court, including black resident Andrew Beasley, charged with selling whiskey from his house on South Court Street, fined $104 and put to…
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