The State vs. John Pickett

Murder
1887

“The state Vs John Pickett    Murder     The grand Jurors in a body returned
into open court a bill of  _________
against the defendant for murder endorsed ________ bill which indectuuremt
(?)  is in the words letters and figures following it State of Tennessee
Hamilton County  Circuit Court September Term 1887.  The Grand Jurors for
the state aforesaid, being duly summoned, elected, impaneled, sworn and
charged to inquire for the body of the society aforesaid, upon their oath
present:  That John Pickett on the 15 day of August 1887 in the county
aforesaid, did unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, deliberately,
maliciously, premeditatedly and of his malice aforethought kill and murder
his wife Archie Pickett and so did count(?) murder in the first degree
against the peace and dignity of the state    G W Brown Forman Grand Jury No
2156 Indictment  State Vs John Pickett  Harmon Scrudder Sr  Prosecution
Clerk & _______ for state
Harmon Scrudder Jr  Jacob Vandergriff  Alfred Vandergriff
Caroline McEntire  John Hendrix  F. M Hatfield  Annie Pickett
Henry Scudder - Foster F Brown Attorney General.”
Hamilton County, TN Circuit Court Records
V. R-T 1887-1889
Family History Center Film # 1940661
Volume ‘S’  16 May 1887 - Oct 15, 1887
Page 445  Thursday  October 6, 1887
Court number 2156

“The State Vs John Pickett    Murder   Cause the attorney General who
prosecution for the state and the defendant being brought to the bar of the
court in custody of the sheriff and thereupon by agreement the trial of this
cause in continued until the next regular term of this court.

Page 515; 15 October 1887

Transcribed from a photocopy of microfilmed copy, 15 November 2001.
Mary Stephens Scrudder

Submitted by Mary Scrudder
mscrudder@austin.rr.com