"Justice's Court"

Title

Subject

Crime, the Law and Punishment

Description

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 were noted with a (c) or as "colored" indicating their race, but in this case it appears not, as all the known members of the Seawright family were African-American. Also, black resident Claiborne Barnes was fined $10 for assaulting fellow-black resident Jim Stewart.

Creator

Florence Herald

Source

Florence Herald

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

1890-8-30

Contributor

Freeman, Lee

Rights

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Format

Jpeg

Language

English

Type

Still image

Files

Justice's Court FH Sat Aug 30 1890 p 3.jpg

Collection

The Law, Crime and Punishment

Citation

Florence Herald, “"Justice's Court",” Shoals Black History, accessed April 26, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1037.