Court Documents from Sumner Co., TN Archives
Lawsuit # 10104
Loose Records
I Andrew Cavitt, Davis Pit(t), and Jacob Parker __ __ our silver
indebted to the State of Tennessee in the sum of two thousand dollars
but to be ___ ___ of ___ good and ___ but to be paid on condition that
Andrew Cavitt does make his personal appearance at __ next ___ Cavitt to
be held for the county of Sumner at the court house in Gallatin and the
___ Monday in month next, then and there to answer a charge of ___ ___
against for ___ in his ___ ___ for counterfeiting many ___ ___ ___ ___
__ __ be oath ___ win to be in full face in law as ___ ___ hand this
14th day, 1819.
Signed
Andrew Cavitt
Davis Pit(t)
Jacob Parker
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State vs Andrew Cavitt
This day ___ makes oath, that so much publicity has been given by the
prosecutor and others to circumstances calculated to incriminate him,
that a degree of prejudice exists in the public mind in Sumner County
against him, that he does believe that a fair and impartial trail cannot
be had in this county. He states, that great pains have been taken by
the prosecutor, who is a man of great influence in Sumner County to ___
belief of his guilt, and he has so far succeeded. That an unprejudiced
trial, he believes, can not be had---he further says, that neither the
Counties of Davidson , ___ or ___ are free from the ___ exception, he
therefore says that the ___ may be changed
Signed
Andrew Cavitt
12th March 1819
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
This day came before me Edu (?) Douglas(?) a justice of the peace for
said county. John M. Byon(?) and made oath that the night of the ___
___ he heard Andrew Cavitt give instructions to a young man by the name
of William May, to go to his Uncle Michael Cavitt's and ___ certain
boxes of his, he ___ ___ __ went, advised his __
when the said Michael Cavitt, his son and daughter, took the boxes in
order to deposit them in some ___ place when he the said Byon stopped
them and took possession of them.
These are therefore in the name of the State to command you to take the
body of Andrew Cavitt and __ safely keep so that you have him before ___
proper authority to be examined ___ the above States __ and be further
__ with as the case ___.
Given and my hand and seal this 14th of Jan. 1819
signed (?) Eau Douglas
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State of Tennessee
To the Sheriff of Sumner County ___
We command you as you have before been commanded to take the body of
Alexander Cavitt of to be found in your county. and him safely keep, so
that you have him before the Judge of our Circuit Court to be
holden(sic)for the County of Sumner on the second Monday in September
next, then and there to answer the charge of Government exhibited
against him for willfully and knowingly, aiding and assisting and being
concerned with Michael Cavitt, in _____, concealing, hiding and ___, the
mould, stamp, die, punch, and other machines and instruments, designed,
intended, and calculated for forging and counterfeiting of Spanish
milled dollars, and further to hide and perform the ___ sentence and
decree of our county __ have then there this writ, ___ Anthony B.
Shelby, clerk of said court at office the second Monday in March in the
year A.D. 1819 and 43 years of our Independence.
Signed
Anthony B. Shelby
Clerk
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County
March term in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen of the circuit court of said county.
The grand jury of the state aforesaid, elects, impaneled, sworn, and
charged to inquire for the body of the county aforesaid, upon this oath
___ and __; that Michael Cavitt, of said county, yeoman, on the
thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, in the county aforesaid, did willfully and
knowingly ___, conceal, hide and secrete a certain mould, stamp, die,
punch, and other machines and instruments designed, intended and
calculated for the forging and counterfeiting of Spanish milled dollars,
which are a species of silver coin current in said state on the said
thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen. And the juror aforesaid, upon this oath
aforesaid, do further present; that the said Michael Cavitt, on the day
and year aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did ___ ___, conceal, hide
and secrete the said mould, stamp, die, punch, and ___ machines and
instruments as aforesaid, designed, intended, and calculated
for the forging and counterfeiting of Spanish milled dollars, ___, ___,
and without knowing of their use and nature. And the juror aforesaid,
upon their true oath aforesaid, do further ____ and say; that in the day
and year aforesaid, at the county aforesaid, the said Michael Cavitt,
was not an officer of justice into whose hands and protection, the
aforesaid mould, stamp, die, punch, and other machines and instruments,
designed, intended, and calculated as aforesaid, for forging and
counterfeiting of Spanish Milled dollars, __ come to be kept and
protected in the due and regular execution of the ___ of his office.
And the juror aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present
and say; that Andrew Cavitt, of said county, black smith, on the said
thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, in the county aforesaid, did willfully and
knowingly aid, ___, and be concerned with the said Michael Cavitt, in
___, concealing, hiding, and secreting, the aforesaid mould, stamp, die,
punch, and other machines and instruments of aforesaid, designed,
intended, and calculated as aforesaid, for the forging and
counterfeiting of Spanish milled dollars, which is a species of silver
coin current in the State aforesaid, and also was such on the day and
year of aforesaid. And the juror aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid,
do further present and say, that the said Andrew Cavitt, on the day and
year aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did not aid, __, and be
concerned with the said Michael Cavitt, in ___, concealing, hiding, and
secreting the aforesaid, mould, stamp, die, punch, and other machines
and instruments as aforesaid, designed, intended, and calculated as
aforesaid for forging and counterfeiting of Spanish milled dollars as
aforesaid, innocently, ignorantly, and without knowingly, ___, and with
a full and perfect knowledge of their use and nature; to the evil
example of all others, ___
___ ___ of ___ in such case made and provided, and against the peace and
dignity of the State.
Signed
___Washington
Attorney general of the seventh district in said state.
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Sumner County TN Archives Loose Records
Lawsuit # 10104
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