Pushmataha Court Records

	Pushmataha County Court Records Book Journal 2 1909 to 1914 page 5 Transcribed by: Teresa Young

JOURNAL 2
Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
Transcribed by: Teresa Young

Page 5.

In the District Court of Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma. Fifth Judicial District.

IN RE THE DRAWING OF THE GRAND AND PETIT JURIES FOR THE FEBRUARY 1909 TERM OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA RETURN OF SHERIFF.

I, William Ellis, do hereby certify that I am elected, acting and qualified sheriff of Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma.

That on the 14th day of January 1909, I was summoned by Peter W. Hudson, Clerk of the District Court in and for Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, to be and appear at the Office of the District Clerk of said County on the 16th day of January 1909, to assist in drawing the Grand and Petit Jurors for the February 1909, Term of said Court.

That pursuant to said summons, on the 16th day of January 1909, I appeared at the Office of the District Clerk of said County, that there were present at said time and place, Peter W. Hudson, Clerk of the District Court, and myself and that no other persons were present.

That thereupon the said Peter W. Hudson, District Clerk aforesaid and I, William Ellis, Sheriff of said County, took the jury box containing on separate slips of paper the names of the persons, selected and returned on the 4th day of January 1909, by the Jury Commissioners of said County, to serve as jurors, and did thoroughly shake the same. We then together in the presence of each other, opened said jury box and after placing the same in such position that neither of us could see into it. We drew therefrom alternately, beginning with the said Peter W. Hudson, District Clerk, followed by me the said William Ellis, sheriff, one name at a time and recorded the same, which drawing and recording continued until the required number of Grand and Petit Jurors were drawn and recorded.

We thereupon destroyed all the slips of paper containing the names of the jurors so drawn and recorded from said box and securely locked as required by law.

That the following are the names so drawn and recorded by me for the said Grand Jurors and are the names first drawn and recorded by me.

Lewis Alexander
J. L. Baggett
C. H. Chapman
M. B. Crawford
C. A. Finley
James W. Grant
H. L. Hill
C. P. King
William Nichols
C. C. Plumley
H. Reed
Arch Young

And that the following are the names so drawn and recorded by me for Petit Jurors and are the names last drawn and recorded by me.

J. W. Bouyer
Dave Burkhart
R. E. Downing
J. H. England
H. J. Hudson
E. R. Hughes
T. Hunt
A. J. Marr
W. W. Miller
J. F. Moyer
W. J. Nelson
Foyed Nevins
Thomas Pyrtle
Clark Wasson
B. D. Wilson

I, Peter W. Hudson, Clerk of the District Court in and for Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and complete list of jurors drawn and recorded by William Ellis, Sheriff of Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, on January 16th, 1909.

In Witness whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this 16th day of January 1909.
Peter W. Hudson, District Clerk.

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