Early Governors' Papers

Columbia April 17^th 1816

To His Excellency Joseph M^cMinn

Sir

We the undersigned members of the Bar in West Tennessee understanding the Honourable John Overton to have resigned as Judge of the Court of Appeals with due deference to your Judgment beg leave to recommend to your excellency John Haywood Esqr as a suitable person to fill that important office and one in whome we believe the people have greater confidence than any other of our acquaintance who would accept of the appointment

J Whiteside Alfred M Harris George Coatter P R Booker David Craighead Robert L. Cobbs John White Joel Casey Rob^t Mack Daniel Graham

& to his own reputation. Since he wishes the appointment & as I think, all things consider'd, he is unquestionably en titled to it, permit me to express my warmest wish that he may have the honor of receiving your approbation.

respectfully Yr. Humble Servant.

Robert L Cobbs

Rob^t Mack David Craighead Th. P.A. Phelps Armstead Reading R.J. Cocke Daniel Grahame George Johnston Will. Bradshaw Robert Hill James Walker James F. Byers Robert L. Cobbs Wm Mack [D.N. Sansom?] Zacharia Butler Jacob Bauman

William Henry Duberry 1816 Thos. Caislew Thomas Besample William B. Besample John Hendricks Wm Russell James L. Sandford Edward Saunders James Steele Alexander Sloan William Brown Wm Sloan [Josey?] Brown

Christian [Sh?] [K?] Scott Robert Magill [Samuel ?eth] Benj^a Herndon Robert Patton Thos Gilliam Alexander MacRae Luke Patterson

Indictment

State of Tennessee Maury County, Court of pleas and quarter Sessions Be it remembered That at July Term of 1820 of said Court the following Bill of Indictment was returned into Court by the Grand Jury in the words and figures following (To wit)

Maury County Court of pleas and quarter Sessions, July Term 1820. The Grand jury of the State of Tennessee, elected empanelled Sworn and charged; to enquire for the Body of the County of Maury aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid do Say, that heretofore (To wit) on the first day of January Eighteen hundred and twenty Alfred Wallis, of said County [illegible], with force and Arms, in the County of Maury aforesaid, did feloniously Steal take and carry away, one half pound of Coffee, of the value of twenty five Cents; the property, and proper goods and Chattels, of Joseph Brown, and John T Brown, then and there being, Contrary to form of the Statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and Dignity of the State.

Robert L. Cobbs Solicitor General of the ninth Solicitorial District of the State of Tennessee

John T. Brown Prosecutor

Endorsed

State vs Alfred Wallis

Indicment Petit Larceny John Knox Sworn and Sent to the Grand Jury Joseph B. Porter Clerk

A true Bill John T. Moore foreman of the Grand jury Charged in proper person and pleads not guilty [illegible] whereupon the following entry was made upon the common minuty of Court in the words and figures following To Wit

State vs Alfred Wallis

Indicment for Petit Larceny

This day came as well the Solicitor General for the State as the defendant in proper person and the Bill of Indictment being read to and

Robert L. Cobbs SamL Polk [M Caruthers?] George M Martin C M [clk?] [Jas ?] [P. ?] H.B. Porter John T Moore David Craighead [Robt. C. ? Jr] John Kennedy George Tate Jackson Fitzgareld Abner Matthews Daniel [Goodrum?] James Thorp Robert Campbell Alexander Moore [illegible] James H. Bowman Tho. Brown William Erwin John A. Faris Noel Waddill David Martin Allen Brown [H?] Grove [P. R. Backer?]

John Wallis The Father of the unhappy Man

Mary W. Wallis his wife Alberto F. Wallis Mortimer R. Wallis his sons