Character Testimony made by Hampton Ryan: May 27th 1859
Item
Identifier
Q0000134516_Q0000134517
Title
Character Testimony made by Hampton Ryan: May 27th 1859
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Type
text
Creator
F. M. Ward.
Date
May 27th 1859
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Character testimony made for Jacob Parmer by Hampton Ryan, in which he refereces the length of time in which he has known Parmer and how its unlikely he perpetrated this crime.
Format
Testimony
Language
English
Place
Clayton County
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Henry Spehr
transcription
The State of Alabama
[[Barton County (Ala.)|Barton County]]
Before me Fell [Moot?][Rejection?] in Chauncey in + [unintelligible sentence] of said state honorably cause [[Ryan, Hampton|Hampton Ryan]] who being duly sworn [unintelligible] depose + nay , he knows [[McLean, James|James McLean]] the witness for the State in the case of the State v [[Parmer, Jacob|Jacob Parmer]]— that he knows the character of said [[McLean, James|James McLean]] for truth + veracity + that he would not believe him on his oath—
Affiant further states that he has know [[Parmer, Jacob|Jacob Parmer]] from his earlier infancy — having lived in the same neighborhood and near him all the Time — that the said [Parmer, Jacob|Jacob Parmer]] has all the Time borne a good character, affiant having never before heard of any charge whatsoever against him, and affiant does not now believe him guilty of the offense of which he has been convicted —[[Ryan, Hampton|Hampton Ryan]]
Known to + fabricated before we this the 27th day of MAy A.D.1859 and I certify that Hampton Ryan is a man of the very highest respectability+[Clarity?]
[[Ward?, F.M.|F.M. Ward?]]
[Registration?] in Chaun—cey at [[Clayton County (Ala.)|Clayton]]
[page break]
Affiant
[[Ryan, Hampton|Hampton Ryan]]
[alabama dept of history stamp]
[[Barton County (Ala.)|Barton County]]
Before me Fell [Moot?][Rejection?] in Chauncey in + [unintelligible sentence] of said state honorably cause [[Ryan, Hampton|Hampton Ryan]] who being duly sworn [unintelligible] depose + nay , he knows [[McLean, James|James McLean]] the witness for the State in the case of the State v [[Parmer, Jacob|Jacob Parmer]]— that he knows the character of said [[McLean, James|James McLean]] for truth + veracity + that he would not believe him on his oath—
Affiant further states that he has know [[Parmer, Jacob|Jacob Parmer]] from his earlier infancy — having lived in the same neighborhood and near him all the Time — that the said [Parmer, Jacob|Jacob Parmer]] has all the Time borne a good character, affiant having never before heard of any charge whatsoever against him, and affiant does not now believe him guilty of the offense of which he has been convicted —[[Ryan, Hampton|Hampton Ryan]]
Known to + fabricated before we this the 27th day of MAy A.D.1859 and I certify that Hampton Ryan is a man of the very highest respectability+[Clarity?]
[[Ward?, F.M.|F.M. Ward?]]
[Registration?] in Chaun—cey at [[Clayton County (Ala.)|Clayton]]
[page break]
Affiant
[[Ryan, Hampton|Hampton Ryan]]
[alabama dept of history stamp]
Subject
Hampton Ryan: Jacob Parmer: F.M. Ward: May 27th 1859: Testimony--Larceny--Innocence--Crime--Alabama