Documents relating to a court case regarding a contested election for delegates from Shelby County, Alabama, to the Alabama Secession Convention.
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Identifier
RSG00248_f10_Q0000134968_Q0000134971
Title
Documents relating to a court case regarding a contested election for delegates from Shelby County, Alabama, to the Alabama Secession Convention.
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Type
Text
Creator
Parnus, L.E.
Date
1861 January 19
Description
A list of seven written interrogatories to be given to J T Leeper, Richd H Brasher, Wilie H Pope, & Willis M Pledger, and their answers to be read in court as evidence. No answers are written, only questions.
Format
legal documents; lists
Place
Shelby County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Ava Gibbs
transcription
John R. Keenan &
John F. W. Welch
Contestants
v
John M. MClannahan
& George D. Shortridge
sitting members of the
Convention of the People
in the State of Alabama
In the
matter of
the Contest
before the
Convention
of Ala.
Interrogatories
to be propounded to J. T. Leeper
Richd. H. Broskin, Wilie H. Pope &
Willis M. Pledger, who are resi=
=dents of the County of Shelby Ala.
which with their answers
thereto will be read in evidence
in the trial of the above contest,
in the part of contestants -
Intgy. 1st Do you know the parties to this
contest? What office did you
hold on the 24th Decer 1860? How
long had you held it? What
office did John M. McClanah
=an hold on that day & how
long had he held it?
Intgy. 2d Please state whether any
election was held in Shelby Co.
ala. on the said 24th decer. 1860.
Was any notice of that election
given? If ^you please attach it
(or Copy thereof) to your answer to this
interrogatory & state how long &
in what manner it was given?
Inty. 3d Do you know anything about
the counting out of the votes which
were given at that election on
Saturday next thereafter? If yes
please state what you know
in relation thereto? State how
& where & when & in whose
presence it was done? State
how you came to act in that
behalf. Attach a statement
in tabular form of the result
to your answer to this inter=
=rogatory?
Inty 4" State whether ^any votes given
at precinct No 11 were present
on that day? When did
you first see & where & under
what circumstances, the vote
from that pricinct?
Intgy 5" Please attach a true
statement of the vote & return
to your answer to this inter=
=rogatory given at precinct
No 11. Have you done so?
Please attach a true copy of
the return vote & the return
as made in its exact words
& figures? Have you done
so?
Intgy. 6" Please state any
other fact or circumstance
in answer to this question
within your knowledge not
already stated which will
benefit the Contestants -
Intgy. 7" To Wilie H. Pope - Please
state whether a bond as secure=
=ty for [corts?], was filed in your
office, by any one, in relation
to this contest? Also state
if a notice of the grounds
of the Contest was filed
in your office? If you
please attach a transcript
of each paper certified under
the seal of your office, to
your answer to this question
& state whether said trans=
script contains a true copy
of said bond & notice.
L. E. Parsons
Atty for Contestants
To John M MClanaham & George D.
Shortridge - Take notice that five days
after the serving of this notice & the a
copy of the foregoing interrogations on
you, a commission will issue on
from the office of the Clerk of the cir=
cuit court of Shelby County ala to
Samuel Leeper and N. B. Mardis, who
are residents of Shelby Co. ala. as commissioners for either of them
to take the depositions or answers of
these witnesses to the foregoing
interrogations - you can cross
examine if you think proper
Jany 19. 1861-
L. E. Parsons
atty for Contestants
John F. W. Welch
Contestants
v
John M. MClannahan
& George D. Shortridge
sitting members of the
Convention of the People
in the State of Alabama
In the
matter of
the Contest
before the
Convention
of Ala.
Interrogatories
to be propounded to J. T. Leeper
Richd. H. Broskin, Wilie H. Pope &
Willis M. Pledger, who are resi=
=dents of the County of Shelby Ala.
which with their answers
thereto will be read in evidence
in the trial of the above contest,
in the part of contestants -
Intgy. 1st Do you know the parties to this
contest? What office did you
hold on the 24th Decer 1860? How
long had you held it? What
office did John M. McClanah
=an hold on that day & how
long had he held it?
Intgy. 2d Please state whether any
election was held in Shelby Co.
ala. on the said 24th decer. 1860.
Was any notice of that election
given? If ^you please attach it
(or Copy thereof) to your answer to this
interrogatory & state how long &
in what manner it was given?
Inty. 3d Do you know anything about
the counting out of the votes which
were given at that election on
Saturday next thereafter? If yes
please state what you know
in relation thereto? State how
& where & when & in whose
presence it was done? State
how you came to act in that
behalf. Attach a statement
in tabular form of the result
to your answer to this inter=
=rogatory?
Inty 4" State whether ^any votes given
at precinct No 11 were present
on that day? When did
you first see & where & under
what circumstances, the vote
from that pricinct?
Intgy 5" Please attach a true
statement of the vote & return
to your answer to this inter=
=rogatory given at precinct
No 11. Have you done so?
Please attach a true copy of
the return vote & the return
as made in its exact words
& figures? Have you done
so?
Intgy. 6" Please state any
other fact or circumstance
in answer to this question
within your knowledge not
already stated which will
benefit the Contestants -
Intgy. 7" To Wilie H. Pope - Please
state whether a bond as secure=
=ty for [corts?], was filed in your
office, by any one, in relation
to this contest? Also state
if a notice of the grounds
of the Contest was filed
in your office? If you
please attach a transcript
of each paper certified under
the seal of your office, to
your answer to this question
& state whether said trans=
script contains a true copy
of said bond & notice.
L. E. Parsons
Atty for Contestants
To John M MClanaham & George D.
Shortridge - Take notice that five days
after the serving of this notice & the a
copy of the foregoing interrogations on
you, a commission will issue on
from the office of the Clerk of the cir=
cuit court of Shelby County ala to
Samuel Leeper and N. B. Mardis, who
are residents of Shelby Co. ala. as commissioners for either of them
to take the depositions or answers of
these witnesses to the foregoing
interrogations - you can cross
examine if you think proper
Jany 19. 1861-
L. E. Parsons
atty for Contestants
Subject
Brasher, Richard H.;
Kenan, John R.;
Leeper, James T.;
Leeper, Samuel;
Mardis, Napoleon Bonaparte;
McClanahan, John M.;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Pledger, Willis M.;
Parsons, Lewis E. (Lewis Eliphalet), 1817-1895;
Pope, Wilie H.;
Shortridge, George David, 1814-1870;
Welch, John F. M.;
Alabama. Constitutional Convention (1861);
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
Elections--Alabama;
Secession--Alabama;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Shelby County (Ala.)
Kenan, John R.;
Leeper, James T.;
Leeper, Samuel;
Mardis, Napoleon Bonaparte;
McClanahan, John M.;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Pledger, Willis M.;
Parsons, Lewis E. (Lewis Eliphalet), 1817-1895;
Pope, Wilie H.;
Shortridge, George David, 1814-1870;
Welch, John F. M.;
Alabama. Constitutional Convention (1861);
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
Elections--Alabama;
Secession--Alabama;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Shelby County (Ala.)