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With the Courts, 1889-1910.

Title

With the Courts, 1889-1910.

Subject

The Law, Crime and Punishment

Description

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 African-Americans were typically denoted as "colored" or (c) however the Herald didn't always do this, thus figuring out exactly who was African-American is tricky sometimes. I've tried to include only those that I'm pretty certain contain the names of local African-Americans.

The Florence Wave was founded in 1885 by Dr. WJ Kernachan of Florence but was purchased by the American Publishing Company and became the Florence Herald in July of 1889; until 1891 the paper was published semi-weekly. It continued publishing as a weekly until 1976. It eventually merged with the Picture Page to become the Florence Herald=Picture and published a few more years, into the 1980s.

Efforts have been made to collect as many of these items as we come across however we have undoubtedly missed some. We'll add them periodically as we find more of them.

Source

Florence (AL) Herald

Publisher

Newspapers.com

Date

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

Images are available for educational and research purposes. This image may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the interested party to identify the copyright holder and receive permission.

Format

Jpeg

Language

English

Type

Still Images

Files

The_Florence_Herald_Sat__Aug_10__1889_ (1).jpg

1. Police Court Pickings FH Wed Aug 21 1889 p 3.jpg

Arrested for Housebreaking FH Sat Aug 24 1889 p 3.jpg

The Criminal Court FH Wed Sep 11 1889 p 3.jpg

Criminal Court Adjourns FH Wed Sep 18 1889 p 3.jpg

Stole a Saddle FH Wed Dec 18 1889 p 3.jpg

In the Justice Court FH Sat Mar 1 1890 p 3.jpg

Wanted Across the Line FH Sat Mar 8 1890 p 3.jpg

Justice's Court FH Sat Mar 22 1890 p 3.jpg

2. Three Months in the Mines FH Sat Jul 5 1890 p 4.jpg

Local Paragraphs FH Sat Jul 19 1890 p 3.jpg

Crap Shooters Again in Trouble FH Wed Aug 13 1890 p 3.jpg

Sent to the Mines FH Wed Aug 13 1890 p 3.jpg

Sold Bad Whiskey without License FH Wed Aug 13 1890 p 3.jpg

Ike Weems FH Wed Aug 20 1890 p 3.jpg

Had His Throat Cut FH Wed Sep 24 1890 p 3.jpg

Justice's Court FH Wed Oct 1 1890 p 3.jpg

Town and County Justice Court FH Thu Jun 23 1892 p 5.jpg

The_Florence_Herald_Thu__Jul_21__1892_ (1).jpg

Negro Thief Arrested FH Thu Aug 11 1892 p 3.jpg

List of Jurors FH Thu Aug 18 1892 p 3.jpg

Two Thrilling Encounters FH Thu Nov 19 1896 p 1.jpg

3. With the Courts FH Thu Feb 3 1898 p 8.jpg

4. With the Courts FH Thu Feb 24 1898 p 8.jpg

5. With the Courts FH Thu Mar 17 1898 p 3.jpg

The Circuit Court FH Thu Mar 17 1898 p 6.jpg

6. With the Courts FH Thu Mar 24 1898 p 8.jpg

Mayor's Court FH Thu Apr 7 1898 p 5.jpg

With the Courts FH Thu May 5 1898 p 4.jpg

7. Florence Happenings FH Thu Jul 21 1898 p 1.jpg

8. Attemptyed Assault FH Thu Feb 9 1899 p 1.jpg

Made an Exposure FH Thu Apr 13 1899 p 7.jpg

9. Sunday Whiskey Selling FH Thu Apr 27 1899 p 1.jpg

10. A Merry Chase FH Thu Sep 14 1899 p 4.jpg

The Circuit Court FH Thu Nov 30 1899 p 7.jpg

11. News About the City FH Thu Feb 22 1900 p 1.jpg

12. Minstrel Men Disagree FH Thu Mar 8 1900 p 1.jpg

Ed Key the Strong Man FH Thu Mar 22 1900 p 1.jpg

13. Robinson's Circus FH Thu Nov 1 1900 p 1.jpg

Henry Scott FH Thu Dec 6 1900 p 1.jpg

In Police Court FH Thu Jan 17 1901 p 1.jpg

News Around our Busy City FH Fri Jul 24 1903 p 1.jpg

Woman Seling Whiskey FH Fri Jul 31 1903 p 4.jpg

14. Police Court FH Thu Mar 17 1904 p 1.jpg

Monday Morning Trials FH Thu Nov 10 1904 p 5.jpg

15. Jim Brown Returns FH Thu Dec 8 1904 p 1.jpg

16. The Rustle of Leaves FH Wed Mar 18 1908 p 5.jpg

Blind Tiger Caught FH Thu Nov 26 1908 p 2.jpg

Dowdy is Fined FH Thu May 12 1910 p 4.jpg

Collection

The Law, Crime and Punishment

Citation

“With the Courts, 1889-1910.,” Shoals Black History, accessed April 20, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1262.

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