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  • Collection: The Law, Crime and Punishment

Mayors Court LT Tues July 16 1872 p 3.jpg
A July 16, 1872 *Lauderdale Times* report of the July 12 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence in which black residents Ryas [sic] Turner and Jack Baugh were before His Honor "for scuffling in fun, only in fun," however their scuffling got out of…

Bound Over LT Tues Aug 13 1872 p 3.jpg
An August 13, 1872 *Lauderdale Times* report of the arrest of Geo. Howel [sic] for assaulting Reuben Walker with a pop-gun at the Memphis & Charleston Railroad depot over a perceived wrong. Howel was brought before Mayor Neander H. Rice who bound him…

Mayors Court LT Tues Aug 13 1872 p 3.jpg
An August 13, 1872 report of the August 9 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence at which African-American resident Ellen Amonett was charged with "chastising" Amelia Cooper for "slander-talk" and was fined by Mayor Neander H. Rice for $10 or ten…

Alfred Johnson Sentenced LT Tues July 23 1872 p 3.jpg
A July 23, 1872 *Lauderdale Times* report of the July 22 sentencing of Alfred Johnson in the Mayor's Court of Florence to the tune of $10 and court costs for "'kicking his wife' last Saturday."

Note: In the 1870 Lauderdale County federal…

Night Riders Out FH Thu Oct 15 1908 p 1.jpg
A Series of newspaper articles from October and November of 1908 reporting on the activity of "night riders" in the Colbert's Reserve area of western Lauderdale County. The "night riders" had posted signs across Colbert's Reserve warning white…

Ed Blair Whips Two Suspects FH Wed Aug 13 1890 P 3.jpg
Florence Herald and Florence Times reports that on Monday night, August 11, 1890 Former city marshal William Edward "Ed" Brown (1847-1894) caught two black youths, John Patton and Buck Williams, attempting to steal his chickens, "locked them up,"…

Negro Man Killed on Dillahunty Place FG Wed Dec 3 1879 p 3.jpg
December, 1879 Florence Gazette notice stating that according to Jas. J. Olive, "last Saturday" an unnamed Negro man was killed on the Dillahunty farm seven miles from Florence by a white man named "Jones."

Capture Liquor FH Fri Nov 22 1929 p 1.jpg
A November, 1929 Florence Herald report of the confiscation by Florence police of four gallons of corn liquor in a 10-gallon keg discovered in a home on Magnolia Street allegedly occupied by African-American resident Janie Mae Anderson.

Justice's Court FH Sat Aug 30 1890 p 3.jpg
An August 30, 1890 Florence Herald report of cases before Florence Justices of the Peace Henry D. Smith and Col. Jackson, including Roxana Seawright, convicted of "using abusive and insulting language," and fined $9.85 by Esq. Smith. Normally blacks…

Refused to Return FH Sat Feb 22 1890 p 3.jpg
Three Florence Herald articles from February and March, 1890 reporting on the escape, capture and extradition back to Florence from Memphis of African-American Matt Jenkins, charged with grand larceny.

Jenkins refused to return to Florence from…
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