The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1826. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Indiana Palladium – 10 Jan 1826 – Page 3, Column 5

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT:

October Term, 1825.

Charles Vattier, assignee, &c. vs. James Conn} On foreign attachment, in debt.

Now came the plaintiff, by George H. Dunn, his attorney, and on his motion it is ruled and ordered, that notice of the pendency of the aforesaid writ of attachment be published for four weeks successively in the Indiana Palladium, a public newspaper printed and published in Lawrenceburgh, Dearborn county, Indiana; and notifying the said James Conn that unless he be and appear before the Judges of our Dearborn circuit court, at their term on the first Monday in October next, file special bail, receive a declaration and plead to the action aforesaid, judgment will then be entered against him by default, and the land so attached sold for the benefit of his creditors.

JAMES DILL, Clerk.

January 19, 1826.

Indiana Palladium – 20 Jan 1826 – Page 3, Column 5

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT:

October Term, 1825.

Torena Love vs. John Love} BILL FOR DIVORCE.

Now came the complainant, by George H. Dunn, her attorney, and proved to the satisfaction of this court, that the said John Love is not now a resident of this state, it is therefore ruled and ordered by the court, that notice of the filing of the aforesaid bill of complaint, or libel for divorce be published four weeks successively in the Indiana Palladium, a public newspaper printed and published in Lawrenceburgh, Dearborn county, notifying the said John Love, that unless he be and appear before the Judges of our Dearborn circuit court, at their term to be holden in and for said county of Dearborn, on the first Monday in April next, then and there to answer the libel or the bill for divorce aforesaid, or the same will then be tried in his absence.

JAMES DILL, Clerk.
January 16, 1826.

Indiana Palladium – 20 Jan 1826 – Page 3, Column 5

SHERIFF’S SALE.

By virtue of three writs of venditioni exponas issued from the Clerk’s office of the Dearborn circuit court, I will expose to public sale on Saturday the 18th day of February next, at the Court House door, in the town of Lawrenceburgh, between the hours of ten and four o’clock on said day, the use or rents and profits for the term of seven years, of ninety acres of land, being a part of West half of Section No. 13, Town 7, Range 1 West. And should said rents and profits for seven years, not sell for a sum sufficient to discharge said writs, I will, on the same day, time and place, and between the same hours, expose at public sale, the fee simple right and title of Isaac Meatler in & to said tract or parcel of land, to pay and satisfy two judgments in favor of Robert J. Moore, and one in favor of William Baldwin, against Isaac Meatler and Julius Smith, and Isaac Pursel replevin security.

JOHN SPENCER, Sh’ff.
Lawrenceburgh, Jan. 20, 1826.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1825. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Indiana Palladium – 8 Apr 1825 – Page 3, Column 1

On Wednesday last, George Smith, a coloured man, was tried on an indictment for burning a barn, belonging to Col. Pike, of this place. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, as charged in the indictment, upon which the Court sentenced him to five years hard labour in the Jeffersonville penitentiary, and pay one hundred dollars fine with cost of prosecution. The statute provides that where a fine is inflicted on any criminal, he or she not having property out of which to make the money, that such criminal shall be detained in prison, after the time for which he or she may have been sentenced, at the rate of twenty-five cents per day until the fine and all costs are paid. This will extend the confinement of Smith to something like seven years.

Indiana Spectator – 29 Apr 1825 – Page 3, Column 4

Foreign Attachment.

William A. Clarke versus Thomas Ogan} On foreign attachment returnable April Term 1825.

NOW came the plaintiff, by George H. Dunn, his attorney, & the said Thomas Ogan altho thrice solemnly called and required to appear to answer to the attachment aforesaid, came not, but made default herein.—It is therefore ruled and ordered by the court that notice of the pendency of this suit of attachment be published three weeks successively, in the ‘Indiana Spectator,’ a newspaper published in Lawrenceburg, requiring the said Thomas Ogan to be and appear before the Judges of our Dearborn Circuit Court, at their Term of the first Monday in April 1826 file special bill and receive a declaration, or Judgement will then be entered against him by default, and the land so attached will be sold for the benefit of his creditors.

A copy from the record.
James Dill, Clk.
April 28, 1825.

Indiana Spectator – 17 Jun 1825 – Page 3, Column 3

Dearborn Circuit Court.

APRIL TERM, 1825.

Susan Loyd vs. Charles W. Loyd} On Bill for Divorce.

NOW came the said Susan Loyd by Caswell, her Attorney, and filed her Bill praying a divorce from her husband Charles W. Loyd, for reasons in the said bill set forth,–and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Charles W. Loyd is not a resident of this state,–It is therefore ruled and ordered that notice of complaint be published four weeks successfully in the “Indiana Spectator,” a newspaper printed in Lawrenceburg, requiring the said defendant to be and appear before the Judges of the said Dearborn Circuit Court, at their term on the first Monday in October next—then and there to answer to the bill of complaint aforesaid; or the same will then be heard in his absence.

A copy from the record.
James Dill, Clk.
June 6, 1825.

Indiana Palladium – 14 Oct 1825 – Page 3, Column 3

Dearborn Circuit Court.

October Term, 1825.

Lodwick Cook vs. Mary Cook} On Libel, or bill for Divorce.

Now came Lodwick Cook, by St. Clair, his Attorney, and made it manifest to the Court, that Mary Cook, the defendant aforesaid is not a resident of this state. It is therefore ruled and ordered that notice of the pendency of the aforesaid bill or libel for divorce, be published for four weeks successively, in the Indiana Palladium, a public newspaper, printed in Lawrenceburgh, Dearborn county, requiring the said Mary Cook to be and appear before the Judges of Dearborn Circuit Court, in Chancery, sitting on the first day of their next Term, to be holden at Lawrenceburgh, in and for said county, on the first Monday in April next, then and there to answer to the bill or libel aforesaid, or the same will then be heard in her absence.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
Oct. 13, 1825.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1823. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 8 Feb 1823 – Page 4, Column 2

JOHN BLUE vs. ABIGAL BLUE} On petition for divorce

NOW on this day towit: on Wednesday the third day of the September term 1822, came John Blue, by Test his attorney, and it appealing to the satisfaction of the court that Abigal Blue the defendant aforesaid is not a resident of the state of Indiana; It is therefore ordered that notice of the pendency of the said petition be published four weeks successively in the Oracle a newspaper printed at Lawrenceburg, and requiring the said Abigal Blue, to be, and appear before the Judges of the said Dearborn circuit court at their term, on the third Monday in February next, then and there to answer the said petition or the same will be heard and a decision thereon had in her absence.

JAMES DILL, Clk.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 8 Feb 1823 – Page 4, Column 3

Insolvent Notice.

LEWIS DUNN, an insolvent debtor of Dearborn county having filed his petition to the Dearborn circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the State of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, public notice is therefore hereby given, to all whom it may concern, that the court will act on said petition on the fifth day of the term, commencing the third Monday in February next.

JAMES DILL, clk.
December 18, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 8 Feb 1823 – Page 4, Column 3

Insolvent Notice.

William Voller, an insolvent debtor of Dearborn County having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit court praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of Insolvent debtors, publick notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the court will act on said petition on the fifth day of their term commencing on the third Monday in February next.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
December 18th 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 15 Mar 1823 – Page 3, Column 4

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT FEBRUARY TERM 1823.

WINIFRED JANES versus LLOYD JANES} on complaint for Divorce.

NOW on this day to wit: on Wednesday the 19th day of February 1823 came the complainant aforesaid by Dunn her attorney, and filed her bill of complaint, against the said Lloyd Janes, praying a divorce from the bonds of matrimony heretofore contracted with the said Lloyd Janes, for reasons in the said bill set forth, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said defendant is not a resident of the state of Indiana. It is therefore ruled and ordered that notice of the pendency of the said Bill of complaint be published four weeks successively in [line missing] Lawrenceburg; requiring the said Floyd Janes to be, and appear before the Judges of our Dearborn Circuit Court at their Term on the 2d Monday in June next then and there to answer to the bill of complaint aforesaid or the same will then be heard in his absence.

JAMES DILL, clk.
March 12, 1823.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1822. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 16 Feb 1822 – Page 1, Column 2

Domestic Attachment.

STATE OF INDIANA, DEARBORN COUNTY} ss.

Whereas a writ of domestic attachment issued from the office of the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the said county, on the 16th day of January, 1822, against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, money and effects of Daniel J. Caswell, late a resident of Franklin county, an absconding debtor, at the suit of Arthur Martin, upon a judgment obtained against him in the Dearborn Circuit court amounting in debt and cost to 17 53 cts. upon which writ the constable makes return, I have attached in the hands of Arthur Martin, the sum of $12 43 cents, money belonging to Daniel J. Caswell; notice is therefore hereby given to the said Daniel J Caswell that he be and appear by himself, by agent or attorney, before me John Parter, a Justice of the peace for said county, at my office on the 23d day of February 1822, at 12 o’clock on said day, to plead to the said suit, otherwise judgment will be entered against him by default, and the moneys thus attached, appropriated as the law directs.

JOHN PORTER, J. P.
Lawrenceburgh, Jan. 22, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 16 Feb 1822 – Page 4, Column 2

Foreign Attachment.

WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachment hath issued out of the Clerks office of the Dearborn circuit court, against the goods and chattles lands and tenements of Peter Hann, a non resident debtor, at the suit of William Brundage, assignee of John Wood, who was assignes of Thomas B. Green, in an action of debt founded on a judgment of the court of common pleas, of Hamilton county and state of Ohio, against the said Peter Hann for the sum of $225 50 cents; which attachment has been returned by the sheriff as the law directs, “Attached two town lots, being and lying in the town of Harrison, and designated as in lots No. 9 and 16; also one and a half acres of land being and lying in Section No. 13, Town 7, and Range 1, west &c.”

Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Peter Hann, the debtor aforesaid, whose estate is so seized as aforesaid, that unless he shall appear by himself or attorney, to give special bail to aswer the suit aforesaid, judgment will be entered against him by default, and the estate so attached will be sold for the satisfaction of the plaintiff’s debt.

JAMES DILL, Clerk d. c. c.
GEORGE H. DUNN, Atty.
February 2d 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 30 Mar 1822 – Page 4, Column 3

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.

February Term, 1822.

Conrad Schultz versus George and Andrew Farrell} on complaint in Chancery

NOW came the complainant, aforesaid, by Dunn, his attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that George Farrell and Andrew Farrell, the defendants aforesaid, are not inhabitants of this state; it is therefore hereby ordered that notice of the pendency of the foregoing bill of complaint be published four weeks successively in ‘The Oracle,’ a newspaper published at Lawrenceburgh, requiring the said defendants to be and appear before the judges of our Dearborn circuit court, in chancery sitting, at their term on the second Monday in June next, then and there to answer the bill of complaint aforesaid; or the same will be taken as confessed, and the matters and things therein prayed for, will be decreed accordingly.

A copy from the Record.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
Geo. H. Dunn, Atty. for Compt.
March 15, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3

Insolvent Notice.

JOHN WOOD, an insolvent debtor, of Dearborn county, having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, public notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the court will act on said petition on the first Saturday of their term, commencing the second Monday in June next.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 18, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3

Insolvent Notice.

ANDREW RAY, insolvent debtor having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court praying the benefit of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, notice is therefore hereby given that the court will act on said petition at their Term on the second Monday in June next.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 6 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3

Insolvent Notice.

Enoch W. Huntress, an insolvent debtor, having filed his petition to the Dearborn circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, public notice is therefore hereby given, that the court will act on said petition, at their term on the second Monday in June next, and on Saturday the 6th day of said term.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
G. H. Dunn, Atty.
April 13, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 1, Column 3

Insolvent Notice.

James Hollowell, an insolvent debtor, having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the sate of Indiana, made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors; public notice is therefore hereby given, that the court will act on said petition at their term on the second Monday in June next.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 6, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 18 May 1822 – Page 4, Column 4

Insolvent Notice.

John Barnhart, an insolvent debtor, having filed his petition to the Dearborn circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, as also a schedule of his property, Notice is therefore hereby given, to all to whom it may concern, that the said court will act on said petition, at their Term on the second Monday in June next.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
April 11, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 13 Jul 1822 – Page 3, Column 4

Insolvent Notice.

Ezekiel H. Loring, an insolvent debtor having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana made for the relief of insolvent debtors; notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern that the court have appointed the sixth day of their term to be holden on the third Monday in September next, to act on said petition.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
July 12, 1823.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 13 July 1822 – Page 3, Column 4

Insolvent Notice.

JACOB BARNHEART, an insolvent debtor having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit Court, praying the benefit of the act of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of Insolvent debtors; notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the court have appointed the sixth day of their term to be holden on the third Monday in September next, to act on said petition.

JAMES DILL, Clk.
July 12, 1822.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 3 Aug 1822 – Page 3, Column 4

Domestic Attachment.

State of Indiana, Dearborn County} Sct.

WHEREAS a writ of domestic attachment, issued from the office of the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, on the 30th day of July 1822, against the goods and chattels, Rights, and Credits, moneys and effects of Joel Gray late a resident of said county, an absconding debtor upon a transcript of a judgment rendered by Daniel Roe Esq. of the County of Hamilton, and state of Ohio, in favor of Eli Nichols, upon which writ the Constable has made return, to wit, I have attached in the hands of John W. Wilson $17.50. Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Joel Gray, that he be and appear by himself or his attorney before me John Porter a Justice of the Peace at my office on the 31st day of August 1822 at ten o’clock on said day to plead to the said suit otherwise Judgment will be entered against him by default and the money thus attached, appropriated to the discharge of the same.

Given under my hand this 30th July 1822.
JOHN PORTER J.P.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 28 Sep 1822 – Page 3, Column 4

Foreign Attachment.

State of Indiana, Dearborn County.} Sct.

WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachment issued from the office of the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid on the 12th day of September, 1822, against the goods and chattels rights, credits, moneys, and effects of Elijah Edwards, a non resident debtor, at the suit of George H. Dunn, in an action of debt on a due bill for the sum of 11 dollars and 50 cents, interest included, which attachment has been returned by the constable as the law directs.—Attached in the hands of Christopher Longwood, the rent of a certain piece of ground supposed to contain nine acres, be the same more or less, at ten bushels of corn per acre. Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Elijah Edwards, that he be and appear by himself or his attorney before me Gideon Cummings, a Justice of the Peace, at my office on the 1st day of September, 1823, at ten o’clock on said day, to plead to the said suit otherwise judgment will be entered against him by default and the property thus attached, sold to discharge the same.

Given under my hand this 21st of September, 1822.
GIDEON CUMMINGS, J.P.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 19 Oct 1822 – Page 4, Column 3

Sheriff’s Sale.

By virtue of a wirt of Fira facias et Livarie Facus issued out of the Clerks office of the Dearborn Circuit court against the goods and chattles lands and tenements, of William Daniels and John Daniels, at the suit of Wm. B. Ewing & co. The following property, returned to the former levy To Wit, 14 acres of corn 10 acres of oats, and a quantity of wheat in the stack, which will be offered for sale on the 4th Monday in October at the house of Wm. Daniels at 11 o’clock on said day.

JOHN SALTMARSH D.S.
For JOHN SPENCER Shff. D.C.
Lawrenceburg.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 19 Oct 1822 – Page 4, Column 3

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.

September Term, 1822.

Stephen Gould compt. vs. Able M Sargent defedt.} on complaint in chancery.

NOW on this day, to wit on Wednesday the third day of the September term 1822, came the complainant aforesaid by Lane his attorney, and filed his bill of complaint against the said Able M Sargent; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Able M. Sargent is not a resident of the state of Indiana, It is therefore ruled and ordered that notice of the pendency of the aforesaid bill of complaint be published four times in the Oracle a newspaper printed in Lawrenceburgh requiring the said Able M. Sargent to be and appear before the judge of our said Dearborn circuit court in chancery setting at their term on the third Monday in February next, then and there to answer to the bill of complaint aforesaid an the aforesaid will taken as confessed and the matters and things therein payed for, will be decreed accordingly. A copy from the record.

JAMES DILL, clk.
September 18th, 1822.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1821. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 16 Jun 1821 – Page 3, Column 2

At the present term of the Dearborn Circuit Court, two men were convicted of passing, of attempting to pass, counterfeit money. This county has been so long infested by a gang of villains who are continually passing counterfeit money, that we have no doubt the success of this first attempt to bring the offenders to justice and to punish them as the law requires, will be highly pleasing to the people. The public has suffered too much from them, to permit this business to be carried on any longer with impunity and we hope every man will exert himself to break it up entirely.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 3 Nov 1821 – Page 3, Column 4

Insolvent Notice.

Henry Higgins of Dearborn county, having filed his petition to the Dearborn Circuit court, praying the benefit of the several acts of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, made for the relief of insolvent debtors, together with a Schedule of his property, attested as the said laws require, and having in all other respects complied with the provisions of the said laws, notice is therefore hereby given to all whom it may concern, that the court will act on said petition at their next term.

JAMES DILL, Clerk.

November 1, 1821.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 22 Dec 1821 – Page 3, Column 4

Domestic Attachment.

STATE OF INDIANA, DEARBORN COUNTY} Sct.

Whereas two several writs of Domestic Attachment, issued from the office of the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, on the 10th day of November last, against the goods and chattels, rights, credits, monies and effects of Edward Riggs, (late a resident of said county) an absconding debtor, at suit of William Root, upon two several notes of hand, due and payable to him by the said Edward Riggs; one for the sum of forty dollars and twenty five cents, due upon the 15th day of June, 1821; the other for the sum of twenty dollars, due on the 5th day of August, 1821; upon which writs the Constable made return, I have attached in the hands of Frederick Utz and Andrew Armstrong, a quantity of manufactured Tobacco, supposed of the value of 80 dollars;–Notice is therefore hereby given to the said Edward Riggs, that he be and appear before me John Porter, a Justice of the Peace, at my office, either by himself, by agent or attorney, on the 2d day of February, 1822, at 10 o’clock on said day, to plead to the said suit, otherwise judgment will be entered by default, execution issued, and the property so taken, will be sold at public sale.

JOHN PORTER, J. P.

December 10, 1821.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 22 Dec 1821 – Page 4, Column 1

Insolvent Notice.

Thomas Dill of Dearborn county having filed his petition to the Dearborn circuit court, praying the benefit of the several acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, together with a schedule of his property, attested as the said laws require; and having in all other respects complied with the provisions of the said laws, notice is therefore hereby given, to all whom it may concern, that the Court will act on said petition at their next term.

JAMES DILL, Clk.

November 16th, 1821.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 22 Dec 1821 – Page 4, Column 3

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.

September Term, 1821.

Jane Shelby versus David Shelby} On petition for divorce.

Now came the complainant, Jane Shelby, by Test her attorney; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that David Shelby, the defendant aforesaid, is not an inhabitant of this state—It is therefore ordered and directed that notice of the pending of the aforesaid bill of complaint be published for four weeks successively, in the Oracle—and that the defendant be and appear on the first day of the next Term of the Dearborn Circuit Court, to answer the said complaint, or the matters and things therein prayed for will be decreed against him in his absence.

JAMES DILL, Clerk.

6th December, 1821.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 22 Dec 1821 – Page 4, Column 3

DEARBORN CIRCUIT COURT.

September Term, 1821.

Austin Montgomery and Samuel Scholfield, executors of the last will and testament of Stephen Smith, deceased, versus Marshall Smith, sole executor of the last will and testament of Cyrus N. Smith, deceased} On complaint in Chancery.

NOW came the complainants aforesaid, by Lane, their attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Marshall Smith, the defendant aforesaid, is not a resident of the State of Indiana—It is therefore ordered and directed, that notice of the filing of the aforesaid Bill of Complaint be published in the Oracle four times, as the law, in such case requires—and that the said Marshall Smith be and appear before the Judges of our said Dearborn Circuit Court, in Chancery sitting, on the first day of their next term, then and there to answer to the Bill of complaint aforesaid, or the same will be taken as confessed, and the matters and things therein prayed for will be decreed accordingly.

JAMES DILL, Clk. D. C. C.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1820. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Vincennes Indiana Centinel – 25 Mar 1820 – Page 2, Column 2

From the Indiana Oracle.

Trial for Murder!

The Circuit Court for Dearborn county closed on Saturday last—the whole of the term was consumed by the trial of Amasa Fuller, on an indictment for the murder of Palmer Warren. Few trials have excited more general interest, as well from the character and appearance of the prisoner, as from the circumstances which led to the atrocious deed. The circumstances were briefly these:–Fuller had, for some considerable time prior to the murder of Warren, been attentive to a young lady who was residing with her uncle in Lawrenceburgh; about the last of Nov. 1819, Fuller left this place for Brookville; while there, the unfortunate deceased commenced an intimacy with the young lady to whom Fuller had been before attached; their intimacy resulted in an engagement of marriage, which was to have been consummated on the fatal 10th Jan. 1820. It appeared in evidence, that about the middle or last of Dec. Fuller, then at Brookville, received a letter in the handwriting of Warren, & signed by the young lady, enclosing a ring, in which she renounced all feelings of attachment towards him, and returned him the ring in pledge; that after the receipt of this letter, Fuller appeared gloomy and melancholy, and on Friday, 7th January, he left Brookville on foot, and arrived at Lawrenceburgh in the evening of that day; after changing his wet clothes (having rained) he went into the house of the young lady’s uncle, next to Mr. Coburn’s hotel, where he put up, and was there frequently between the time of his arrival from Brookville and the day of the murder, meeting Warren at the house; he several times attempted to quarrel with him, which Warren as often declined; on Saturday, 8th Jan. it appeared that Fuller borrowed a pair of pistols with the avowed design of shooting at a mark, in which amusement he requested several young men to participate; on the afternoon of that day he asked a Mr. Hitchcock if he would go out and hunt with him, he replied that he would and would go for his gun, Fuller answered I do not hunt with guns, but with pistols. On Sunday, 9th Jan. Fuller seemed cool and collected, talking on various subjects with his fellow boarders, & declared he had no pretentions to the young lady in question. On Monday morning, 10th Jan. he asked Mr. Hitchcock, when up in his room at the hotel, what was the best way to load a pistol and the surest way to kill? and observed I am afraid that this pistol has not enough powder in it, how shall I shoot it off so as not to be heard? (It must be observed that Warren’s office is under the same roof with Coburn’s hotel.) Fuller went downstairs, and shortly after came up saying, I have shot it off, and no person heard me. Fuller then loaded the pistols with powder and four slugs each—Hitchcock told him he hoped he had no evil designs—Fuller replied, “I have not, but I will shew you some fun.” Fuller then put on a great coat which he had borrowed from Mr. Coburn, and feeling if it had pockets, he put one pistol in each pocket of the coat, and walked downstairs, having previously asked Hitchcock if he could discover that he had pistols. It appeared further in evidence, that Fuller left the house, came back and went out again; he was seen by Mr. Farrar, who was standing in the door of his house, next but one to Warren’s Office, to come out of Coburn’s bar room about a yard behind Warren, who unlocked the door of his office and entered followed by Fuller; in about 3 4’s of a minute Mr. Farrar heard the report of a pistol in Warren’s Office, instantly ran there, and attempting to open the door, it was stopped by something, and looking down he discovered the body of Warren lying crosswise the door and upon entering the office discovered Fuller standing beside the body, and the room filled with smoke and the smell of the powder; Warren was not yet dead, but struggling in the last agonies. Mr. Farrar seized hold of Fuller exclaimed, “good heavens, Fuller, is it possible you have done this?” Fuller replied, “I am a man and have acted the part of a man! I have been ridding the earth of a vile reptile! I glory in the deed!!!” The pistols were found lying on the counter in the office, one discharged of its contents, the other still charged, a writing was found on the floor, the substance of which was, that Warren, in the presence of Almighty God, swore to renounce all pretentions to the young lady, and acknowledge himself to be a base liar and a scoundrel! Fuller said, after his arrival, that he had presented this paper to Warren, desired him to sign it: he refused—he then offered him a pistol, bidding him defend himself like a man: this Warren also refused—and that he then shot the cowardly rascal. The body of Warren was pierced with a wound just below the pap of the left breast. It does not appear that Warren had even taken any undue advantage of Fuller, or even spoke a disrespectful word of him to the young lady, or any other person.

The prosecution was conducted by Amos Lane and John Test, esquires; the prisoner was ably defended by Charles Dewey, Joseph S. Benham, Daniel J. Caswell, Wm. C. Drew, Samuel Q. Richardson, and Merrit S. Craig, esquires. The counsel for the prisoner moved to continue the trial, until the next term of this court, on an affidavit of the absence of two material witnesses. This motion was overruled by the court, because not stating the facts to be proved by those two witnesses. Another motion was then made for continuance by the counsel for the prisoner, on affidavit of the fact that popular prejudice ran so high that the prisoner could not have a fair trial. The opinion of the court was: That if the fact thus stated came to the knowledge of the prisoner subsequent to the former motion for a continuance, we would listen to it; but as it does not appear that it did, the motion is overruled. The defense set up on the trial was Insanity. It, however, appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been thought by those witnesses who had seen him, to be more gloomy and melancholy than usual; but nothing like insanity was made out. After a long and patient hearing of the testimony, which was very consistent and positive, and after an able defense by the prisoner’s counsel, the jury retired—and in about two hours returned into the court with a verdict of Guilty. On Saturday morning the sentence of the Court was passed, by his honor Judge Eggleston, that the prisoner at the bar be remanded to his place of confinement, and be thence conducted, on Friday, 31st of March inst. to the place of execution, and be there hanged by the neck until he be dead! Fuller preserved throughout the trial, and at the time the Judge pronounced to him his awful doom, that his days were numbered, a stern, inflexible countenance.

Vincennes Indiana Centinel – 22 Apr 1820 – Page 3, Column 2

LAWRENCEBURGH, April 1.

The Governor of this State has respited the execution of Amasa Fuller, at present confined in the jail of this county, and under sentence of death for the murder of Palmer Warren, until the 14th of August next.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 15 Apr 1820 – Page 4, Column 2

STATE OF INDIANA, SUPREME COURT, November Term, 1819.

Thursday, November 2d, 1819.

Michael Cline vs. Robert Green/Creen} An error  from Dearborn.

AND now, at this day, came the plaintiff by his counsel, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this state, it is therefore ordered by the Court, that the defendant appear here on the first day of the next July term of this Court, and answer the plaintiffs errors filed herein. An it is further ordered, that a copy of this order by published in “The Indiana Oracle,” printed at Lawrenceburgh, for three weeks successively.

H. P. Coburn, Clerk Supreme Court.

Nov. 17.

Lawrenceburg Indiana Oracle – 1 May 1820 – Page 3, Column 4

Foreign Attachment.

WHEREAS a writ of foreign attachment hath issued from the office of the undersigned, on of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Dearborn, state of Indiana, against the goods and chattels, rights and credits, monies and effects, of Zachariah Renno, a non-resident of this state, at the suit of Elijah D. Renno, in a plea of debt, nine dollars—which attachment the constable hath returned executed by attaching fifteen dollars in the hands of George Weaver as the money and property of the defendant.

Notice is therefore hereby given, to the said Zachariah Renno, that unless he appear either by himself or his attorney, at my office, to give special bail to answer to the said suit on or before the 10th day of April next, judgment will then be entered against him by default, and the moneys thus attached applied to the payment of the said debt and cost.

John Porter, J. P.

April 18, 1820.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1817. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Madison Indiana Republican – 21 June 1817 – Page 3, Column 4

Dearborn circuit court, May term 1817.
Eleanor, alias Honner Cooper, versus William Cooper} On a Bill for a Divorce, now filed:

This day came the complainant aforesaid by her attorney and filed her bill praying a divorce from her husband William Cooper, the defendant aforesaid; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant aforesaid is not a resident of this state: It is therefore ordered that notice of the pendency of the said bill, be published for eight weeks successively, in the Indiana Republican, printed at Madison: and that unless the said defendant appear at, or before the next term of this court, and answer to the bill aforesaid; the said cause will then be heard in his absence.

A true copy from the Record.
Attest, JAMES DILL, Clk.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1815. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Madison (Indiana) Western Eagle – 15 Jul 1815 – Page 4, Column 2

NOTICE,

This is the character of our noble William Colwell, that was said to be duly sworn in as lister of all taxable property in the county of Dearborn Indiana Territory in the year 1814 he Volunteered himself before the court and Jury of Lawrenceburgh, and made oath that he went to the house of Robert Ricketts in said county, and demanded a list of his taxable property, and received all that he was willing to give in, and qualified him, after being qualified he told him, that he had two more quarter sections of land that he did not give in, but still insisted that it was not taxable property, being that it was only entered but this being brought into action before the court and Jury in said county, and William Ricketts seniour, Robert Ricketts jr, Isaac Ricketts and John Ricketts, was called upon to give in our testimony before the court and Jury in said trial, but being interrupted on oath, we did not declare whether it was before said Ricketts, was qualified, or after that he told of this said land, but believed it to be before, I myself in particular by lawyer Lane’s asking me this question, and I John Ricketts did answer that I did not remember exactly, but I believed it was before, which I can prove though said Robert was cast in said trial, though it has been reported in general through the neighborhood, that we the evidence did give our evidence against said Robert, that he did not tell of this land until he was duly qualified, though said Robert was granted a new trial, but instead of getting a new hearing, his case was thrown out of court and then said Robert for to get revenge knowing that he was innocent, did indite said Colwell for swearing false against him and said William Rickets was called upon again to give in his evidence, & William Rickets junion & I John Rickets, when we did testify the second time, that said Robert did tell of the said land before he was qualified, then it was the general report through the neighborhood that said Robert was cast the second time and that we of the last evidence did all sware false, being that we were all relations of one name, but if three or four of one name cannot declare the truth, I can prove the same to be the fact by twelve or thirteen witnesses, if any one sees fit to put me to my proof against said Colwell in this case, though the same witnesses will be called upon again, and more of the same name, which will be Susannah Rickets, Edward Rickets, Elizabeth Rickets, William Moulton, John Moulton, Susannah Moulton, Phebe Chirridon and Sarah Bennet, these is the witnesses that I will call on, and if that will not satisfy any person, I will undertake to prove that I told of the witnesses in the time of the first term, now I will leave it to the reader to judge, whether it is reasonable or not that I should sware first against my father and then in turn round and tell of these other witnesses, which undoubtedly would appear that I had sworn false, and I would be very glad if said Colwell would sue me for his character, and then I would be in hopes of getting revenge for the injury done to my character, now if any one wishes to know who was so imprudent as to write this advertisement against this nobleman, let them look down at the lower end of this advertisement and they may see that my name is,

JOHN RICKETS
Dearborn county, I. T. May 6th, 1815.

The following Dearborn County, Indiana court notices were published in Indiana newspapers in 1812. Dearborn County suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Vincennes (Indiana) Western Sun – 15 Sep 1812 – Page 3, Column 2

INDIANA TERRITORY.
Dearborn county, in the Circuit Court.
William Hardin, libellant, against Amelia Hardin, formerly Amelia Garey, libellee.
On a Libel for a Divorce.

NOTICE is hereby given to the aforesaid Amelia Hardin, formerly Amelia Garey, that the aforesaid William Hardin, has this day filed his petition in the clerks office of the Circuit court in and for the said county of Dearborn, praying a divorce from the said Amelia for cause of adultery, and that she be and appear before the said court at their term to be holden at Laurenceburg, on the third Monday in October next, to shew cause if any she can shew, why the prayer of the said petition aught not to be granted.

Saml. C. Vance, Clk. C. C.
J. Dill, atty. for libellant.