Case Regarding Theft of Multiple Slaves 39A Packet 96A

The State of Alabama vs Edmond a slave On this case for statement the prosecuting officer says that Edmond a slave on his Examination as a witness duly sworn to testify on the trial of an prosecution in Shelby County authorized by law by the state of Alabama vs Crowford a slave which court had authority to administer an oath Testified falsely. That Pete a witness also upon said Trial whose testimony was varrient from his Edmonds had admitted to him or Edmond on his way home from the first trial that he Pete had sworn falsely and also told him that uncle frank had also sworn falsely in their statements in their evidence wherein they recv'd from him Edmond The matter so testified being material to the issue and the testimony so given by Edmond was willfully and corruptly false against the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama

Samuel Luper prosecuting offr

Deft by his attorney comes into court and says that the above

We the Jury find the defendant not gilty

The State of Alabama Shelby County To the Sheriff of said County Greeting You are hereby commanded to Summon twelve good and lawful Jurors two thirds of whom Shall be Slave holders to be and appear in the Probate Court of said County at the Court House thereof on the first day of May next to Serve as Jurors On the trial of the Case of the State of Alabama v. Crawford a Slave Charged With Larceny. fail not and make due and legal return of this Venire as required by law fail not Witness &c - this 8th day of April 1856 J M McClanahan Judge of Probate

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[central column] Venire for Pro County May 1856

Horace Ware P.D Neely R C Ryan Pasker L Meredith William Wyatt Thomas Dean A R Richards William Garner A.P.Nelson John Allen E.W.Smith French Nabors

Execution T R Wyatt Shff April 30^th /56

Defendant expects to prove by Benjamin S.Randall, Thos.L. Morrow, Columbus C.Cunningham, Jacob Perry & John Sumner, that they are and have been acquainted with the general character of the Slave Edmond who is here charged, for several years, and know his character for honesty, good conduct and also for truth and veracity, in the neighbourhood where he lives, and that they would if foresend state that he is and honest negro, and that his character for truth, and veracity is good. He also states that he has subpoenaes, issued for them and that they are not absent by his procurement as consent and that this application is not made for delay but that justice may be done C.G.Samuel Atty for Dft

Deft expects to prove by Thomas Sunford that he was at his Shanties between Shelby Springs and Montevallo on the night that Edmond Kings negroes Frank, Pete Edmond Moss & F.J.Whatley passed by there on there way home from Columbiana, at the first trial of the State vs Crawford a slave, and that they gallopped over the Rail Road, making considerable noise and that they crossed the Rail Road which was not filled up past that they acted like a drunken coward