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State of Tennessee SS:

I James Scott Solicitor Gen^l pro: tem: of the
12^th Solicitorial of this State and prosecuting on be-
=half of the State do hereby certify and make known
that John B. Phelps was convicted of Horse Stealing
at the September Term 1821 of the Circuit Court
for said County by a Jury of his country and
the judgement of the Court agreeable to law for
an Offence of that Kind was pronounced against
him to the following effect - that s^d Phelps be
remanded to [close?] prison, there to remain untill [sic]
the expiration of six months from and after the
[rise?] of said County, that he be brought out
on three several days to wit, On the 16^th, 17^th, & 18^th
October next on each day to remain two hours
in the pillory, and on the 18^th October aforesaid
to be given twenty lashes on the bare back
be branded with H.T. on the brawn of the
right thumb; thence to be remanded to [close?] pris-
-on [illegible] he [came?] untill [sic] the expiration of the
aforesaid six months and pay the [illegible] of the
prosecution. - Given under my hand &c.
September 18.^th 1821.
James Scott