Item #36818 JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. A.A. BREELAND [NO. 1904]: "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY | IN THE CASE ON TRIAL BEFORE YOU A.A. BREELAND THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFULLY CARRYING ON AND ABOUT HIS PERSON A PISTOL ALLEGED BY THE INFORMATION TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST 1891. "THE DEFT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF THE INFORMATION. "YOU ARE INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT THAT IT IS AN OFFENSE MADE PUNISHABLE BY THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE FOR ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL. "IF YOU BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT A.A. BREELAND. . . DID HAVE AND CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL THEN THE DEFT. WOULD BE GUILTY AS CHARGED AND YOU SHOULD SO FIND BY YOUR VERDICT UNLESS YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY UNDER THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION VIZ: "IT IS NO OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL WHEN HE IS CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF ABODE AND SIMPLY TRANSPORTS THE PISTOL FROM HIS OLD RESIDENCE TO THE NEW ONE, AND IF YOU FIND DEFT DID CARRY THE PISTOL AT THE DATE CHARGED AND YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ONLY TRANSPORTING IT FROM HIS FORMER RESIDENCE TO A NEW ONE TO WHICH HE WAS MOVING OR IF YOU HAVE A REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO THIS BEING THE CASE YOU WILL ACQUIT DEFT. "YOU ARE THE EXCLUSIVE JUDGES OF THE FACTS PROVED, THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WITNESSES. "THE DEFT IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT TILL HIS GUILT IS ESTABLISHED BY LEGAL EVIDENCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO DEFT'S GUILTY YOU WILL ACQUIT HIM. "IF YOU FIND DEFT GUILTY YOU WILL ASSES HIS PUNISHMENT BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE CO JAIL NOT LESS THAN NOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT IN YOUR DISCRETION. "IF YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY SO SAY AND NO MORE. "JNO H. RICE, CO. JUDGE" Texas.
JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. A.A. BREELAND [NO. 1904]: "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY | IN THE CASE ON TRIAL BEFORE YOU A.A. BREELAND THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFULLY CARRYING ON AND ABOUT HIS PERSON A PISTOL ALLEGED BY THE INFORMATION TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST 1891. "THE DEFT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF THE INFORMATION. "YOU ARE INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT THAT IT IS AN OFFENSE MADE PUNISHABLE BY THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE FOR ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL. "IF YOU BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT A.A. BREELAND. . . DID HAVE AND CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL THEN THE DEFT. WOULD BE GUILTY AS CHARGED AND YOU SHOULD SO FIND BY YOUR VERDICT UNLESS YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY UNDER THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION VIZ: "IT IS NO OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL WHEN HE IS CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF ABODE AND SIMPLY TRANSPORTS THE PISTOL FROM HIS OLD RESIDENCE TO THE NEW ONE, AND IF YOU FIND DEFT DID CARRY THE PISTOL AT THE DATE CHARGED AND YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ONLY TRANSPORTING IT FROM HIS FORMER RESIDENCE TO A NEW ONE TO WHICH HE WAS MOVING OR IF YOU HAVE A REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO THIS BEING THE CASE YOU WILL ACQUIT DEFT. "YOU ARE THE EXCLUSIVE JUDGES OF THE FACTS PROVED, THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WITNESSES. "THE DEFT IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT TILL HIS GUILT IS ESTABLISHED BY LEGAL EVIDENCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO DEFT'S GUILTY YOU WILL ACQUIT HIM. "IF YOU FIND DEFT GUILTY YOU WILL ASSES HIS PUNISHMENT BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE CO JAIL NOT LESS THAN NOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT IN YOUR DISCRETION. "IF YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY SO SAY AND NO MORE. "JNO H. RICE, CO. JUDGE" .
JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. A.A. BREELAND [NO. 1904]: "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY | IN THE CASE ON TRIAL BEFORE YOU A.A. BREELAND THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFULLY CARRYING ON AND ABOUT HIS PERSON A PISTOL ALLEGED BY THE INFORMATION TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST 1891. "THE DEFT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF THE INFORMATION. "YOU ARE INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT THAT IT IS AN OFFENSE MADE PUNISHABLE BY THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE FOR ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL. "IF YOU BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT A.A. BREELAND. . . DID HAVE AND CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL THEN THE DEFT. WOULD BE GUILTY AS CHARGED AND YOU SHOULD SO FIND BY YOUR VERDICT UNLESS YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY UNDER THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION VIZ: "IT IS NO OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL WHEN HE IS CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF ABODE AND SIMPLY TRANSPORTS THE PISTOL FROM HIS OLD RESIDENCE TO THE NEW ONE, AND IF YOU FIND DEFT DID CARRY THE PISTOL AT THE DATE CHARGED AND YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ONLY TRANSPORTING IT FROM HIS FORMER RESIDENCE TO A NEW ONE TO WHICH HE WAS MOVING OR IF YOU HAVE A REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO THIS BEING THE CASE YOU WILL ACQUIT DEFT. "YOU ARE THE EXCLUSIVE JUDGES OF THE FACTS PROVED, THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WITNESSES. "THE DEFT IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT TILL HIS GUILT IS ESTABLISHED BY LEGAL EVIDENCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO DEFT'S GUILTY YOU WILL ACQUIT HIM. "IF YOU FIND DEFT GUILTY YOU WILL ASSES HIS PUNISHMENT BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE CO JAIL NOT LESS THAN NOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT IN YOUR DISCRETION. "IF YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY SO SAY AND NO MORE. "JNO H. RICE, CO. JUDGE" .

JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. A.A. BREELAND [NO. 1904]: "GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY | IN THE CASE ON TRIAL BEFORE YOU A.A. BREELAND THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED BY INFORMATION WITH THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFULLY CARRYING ON AND ABOUT HIS PERSON A PISTOL ALLEGED BY THE INFORMATION TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST 1891. "THE DEFT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF THE INFORMATION. "YOU ARE INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT THAT IT IS AN OFFENSE MADE PUNISHABLE BY THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE FOR ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL. "IF YOU BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE DEFT A.A. BREELAND. . . DID HAVE AND CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL THEN THE DEFT. WOULD BE GUILTY AS CHARGED AND YOU SHOULD SO FIND BY YOUR VERDICT UNLESS YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY UNDER THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION VIZ: "IT IS NO OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO CARRY ON HIS PERSON A PISTOL WHEN HE IS CHANGING HIS RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF ABODE AND SIMPLY TRANSPORTS THE PISTOL FROM HIS OLD RESIDENCE TO THE NEW ONE, AND IF YOU FIND DEFT DID CARRY THE PISTOL AT THE DATE CHARGED AND YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WAS ONLY TRANSPORTING IT FROM HIS FORMER RESIDENCE TO A NEW ONE TO WHICH HE WAS MOVING OR IF YOU HAVE A REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO THIS BEING THE CASE YOU WILL ACQUIT DEFT. "YOU ARE THE EXCLUSIVE JUDGES OF THE FACTS PROVED, THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WITNESSES. "THE DEFT IS PRESUMED TO BE INNOCENT TILL HIS GUILT IS ESTABLISHED BY LEGAL EVIDENCE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO DEFT'S GUILTY YOU WILL ACQUIT HIM. "IF YOU FIND DEFT GUILTY YOU WILL ASSES HIS PUNISHMENT BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE CO JAIL NOT LESS THAN NOR MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT IN YOUR DISCRETION. "IF YOU FIND DEFT NOT GUILTY SO SAY AND NO MORE. "JNO H. RICE, CO. JUDGE" .

[Navarro Co., Texas]: 1891. Large folio, folded to 8-1/4" x 13-3/4" to make [3], [1 blank] pp. Paper printed with ruled margins, completely in legible ink manuscript. Instructions on first three pages, docketed on final page. Old folds, light wear [occasional short fold splits without loss]. Very Good.

Judge John H[olt] Rice III [1853-1921] was born in Virginia into a long line of Presbyterian preachers. He studied law in New Orleans at the office of B.R. Forman, his cousin; followed his father to Franklin TN for a time; and settled in Corsicana, Texas, in 1875. He was a prominent attorney, Judge of Navarro County for five consecutive 2-year terms beginning in 1884, and a devout Mason. [Obituary of John Holt Rice, Corsicana Daily Sun, 21 February 1921, p.1.]
Defendant was probably Alexander A. Breeland [1862-1907], a farmer born in Mississippi who settled in Navarro County, Texas, and married Zuhella Rodgers Breeland [1879-1903]. Item #36818

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