Early Governors' Papers

Agreed to by the Court

The State vs John R Cooke

Indictment for the murder of Negro Stephen a slave the property of Samuel Bailey the presence at the Barr was heretofore arr= =eigned and upon his arreignment plead not Guilty. Whereupon the following Jury of good and lawful men was impannelled and sworn the truth to say on this issue, of [Travis?] joined between the State and the presence at the Barr, to Wit,

John Holloway jr William Dilliard John Scott Alfred Moore Alfred Lane Anderson Curtis Johnson Busbee Drury Partin George Nance Cade Alford Matthew M^cCullen Reuben Sanders

find the defendant Guilty of the murder and felony in mann er and form as char -ged in the Bill of Inditment, The prisoner John R Cooke was thereupon remanded to the Jail