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COUNTY OF ROCI:.IHGH .' , to-w it:

In the Circ uit Co ur t of s a id Coun ty:

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June ter m,
of Rock ingm m a..nd now 1 at tend i ng said Cou·· t a t its
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1 923 , up on t heir oa ths do ~r ese nt that Harv ey Kett
rren t, in the
one year n ext Jr ior to the findi ng of this ind i c t
ture , sell,
sai d Co unty of Rock ingha m, did u11l.a wfull y manu fac
tran s port ,
offe r, .keep ,s tore and expo s e for sale, give away ,
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di s ense , soli cit, adv ertis e a..nd r e ceive orde rs for
onwe 1th of
sp.ir its, agai. nst the _p eace a rd dign ity o f the Comm
Vir ginia .
'l 'he ju rors afore said upon t heir oa t h s a fo r esaid do
year next
f urthe r p r esen t that Harv ey .. etterm s..n with in one
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prio r to the findi ng of th i s indic trren t in the sa
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havi ng the same r e gist er e d as requ ired b y law , again
pe ace and dign i t y of t he Commo nwea l th of Virg inia.
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of the said county of Rockingham, and severally and respectivei]y acknowledged th emselves to be indebted to the Commonwealth of Virgi11ia, in manner and form following, tba.t is to say : the said

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respectively made and levied of their several goods and chattels, lands and tenements, and they
severally waiv.ed the benefit of their Homestead Exemption as to this obligation, and also waived any
claim or right to discharge any liability to the Commonwealth arising under this r ecognizance with
coupons detached from the bonds of this Stat~, to the use of the Commonwealth of Virginia if the said
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Court of Rockingham on the_ r: ..:._-__ .:. __ day of the ________ ~ ~ --------------~----Term next
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and then and there answer the Commonwealth of Virginia concerning a certain_~ - ~iereof the said __ 7

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depart thence without the leave of said Court, then the above r ecognizance shall be void and of no
effect, otherwise to r emain in full force and virtue.
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The Court instructs the jury that be:fore the Commonwealth

would be entitled to ask for a finding of guilty on the ground
t hat t he de f endant unlawfully had ardent spirits i n hi e po ee s-

ion, &amp;t would be necessary, under the evidenee in the case, that
the jury should b e s a tisfied beyond a r as onable doubt t hat the

dete n~ant h d suc h liquor (the

ame being less than one pint) in

hie po sse s ion f or t he purpose of sale.

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indictment in

whi ch the de fe n ant i s sp ecially char ged with having i n his -posse s sion distill i ng apparatu•, t e rmenters, and ~o forth, the queetion
of f act is for the jury to determine, first, whether the apparatua
recognized as intended f or the purpose of distilling wa s in the
poaee s ion of the de fe nd nt, and , s cond , whet h r or not any of
the b.a rrela found about the premise s of the de f en ant h a

u ed by h im in the unl wtul mank!acture of liquor.

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jury should believe beyond a r ~ son h l e iioubt that the distilling
apparatus above mentioned was in the po

ession of the defendant,

or t hat the barrels fou nd i n h is po s se s ion had b een us d un l awfully, then they shoul d find

v erdict of not guilty.

��In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
To the Sheriff of Rockingham County, Greeting:

You are herby commanded to sum1non __ _____________ _________ ______ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ _

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to appear before the .Ju dge of the Gi~cuit Cour t of Rockingham County, at the Cour t House, at 10 o'clock,
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behalf of the defendant in the prosecution of th e Commonwealth, Plaintiff, againsL .·-•·--------·······························

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And this ....~ · · ··-······shall not omit under th e penalty of $100.

And have then and there this Writ.

Witness, .J. F. BLACKBURN, Clerk of our said Court, at the Court House, the.....':?: ...~ ·············--······day of

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In the Name of the Commonwealt h of Virginia:
To the Sheriff of Rockingham County, Greeting :

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to appe((,r bef'or e the Ju clJfe of' the Circuit Cou,rt of' Roclcin_tluun County, at the Court
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to testify and the truth to say in behalf' of' the Commonwealt h before the G1·ancl Jury

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In the Nam e of the Com mon wea lth of Virg

Gree ting:
To the Sher iff of Rock ingha m Coun ty,

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