BENNETT STEPHEN
LUNSFORD
Plea for
Abatement
Circuit Court
Mar 1867 – Jul 1867
State
of
Vs
Benj. S.
Lunsford
March Term 1867,
Grand Jurors
Benj. S. Lunsford on the day of Jan 1867 and
other occasions, was publicly, openly and notoriously drunk and whilst publicly
drunk did curse swear and use abusive and obscene language in a public place,
to wit, at the Tavern or Hotel of Thomas Ferguson in the town of Ripley.
State
of
Vs
Bennet S.
Lunsford
[
July Term 1867
The
defendant comes in proper person, and for plea in abatement says that he has
never been known or called by the name of Benj. S. Lunsford but that his
parents gave him the name of Bennet S. Lunsford and
by said name he has been so called and known and that the same is his proper
name, all of which he is ready to verify, wherefore he prays the judgment of
the County and that said presentment be squashed.
Bennet S. Lunsford makes
oath that the above plea is true in substance and in fact.
B.
S. Lunsford
J. N. Warlaw,
Clerk
Filed July 16, 1867
J. W. Wardlaw,
Clerk
Source:
Ripley,
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