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Murder Trial
Partipants Amasa J. Foulke |
Role | First Trial | Second Trial |
Judge | Hervey Craven | Hervey Craven |
Prosecuting Attorneys | Joel Stafford & David Moss | Joel Stafford & William Garver & David Moss S5, |
Defense Attorneys | Thomas J. Kane & Shirts | Thomas J. Kane & Shirts and Evans & Stephenson & John W. Gordon |
Jurors | Edward Stultz, Joseph White, J. R. Waller, David
Fleming, Robert P. Cully, Philip Beaur, Charles Henry B. A. Smith, George Carpenter, Eli Doane [Foreman], Thompson ???, Thomas N. Williams |
Elijah G. Brattain, Milton Hadley William M. Osborne, George Armentrout, James A. Brandom [Foreman], Alfred Hess, J. W. Barnes, W. W. Reynolds, Benjamin Lennen, Robert Stout, W.F. Pearce & George P. Huntzinger |
Witnesses | George Foulke (4) - Jesse Foulke (1) - Mary Foulke (5) | |
Sheriff | John S. Edwards (1872-1873) | John S. Edwards - I. H. Jessup (1874-1875) |
Clerk | Marion W. Essington | Marion W. Essington |
Stenographer, Newspaper | C. H. Fiske S5, (Page 1, Col. 1) | |
Put up Bond | Jesse Foulke (1), John Foulke (2), William McShane (3) (at various dates) | Jesse Foulke, John Foulke, William McShane (at various dates) |
Bailiff | John Patty | John Patty |
Case # | #46 Habeas Corpus - #51 Murder | #51 Murder |
1 | Jesse Foulke is Amasa's Father |
2 | John Foulke is Amasa's Brother |
3 | William McShane is Amasa's Brother-in-law |
4 | George Foulke is Amasa's Brother |
5 | Mary Foulke is Amasa's Mother |
Book Title Page | Page 388 | Page 389 | Page 390 | |
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Next came Judge Hervey Craven, of Pendleton, elected to serve six years. His Judicial career began in October, 1873. He had been a Union soldier and bore the military title of colonel. He was a man of courage, nerve and a sense of humor, withal a little whimsical. The dockets were loaded and he drove the lawyers like a taskmaster. Often court would open about daylight and run very late in the evening, indeed sometimes all night. Amusing stories are told of attorneys arising too late to get their breakfast, ands it is related that the venerable Judge Stone came into the court room one morning eating a biscuit. On one occasion, at Anderson, the session continued throughout the night, and the court required counsel to make their arguments to the jury. One of the lawyers, now a United States senator, began his address saying, "Gentlemen of the jury, the crowing of chanticleer admonishes us that day is breaking." But it is said that the judge would adjourn to take part in a fox drive or attend a horse race. Nevertheless, he was popular. One of the most celebrated local murder cases went through two trials during his incumbency. S3, (Foulke Murder Trials) |
Joel Stafford Prosecuting Attorney |
William Garver Prosecuting Attorney |
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Joel Stafford, Prosecutor | William Garver | ||
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bet p 92/93 Signature, 18 Jan 1895 S4, Signature, 4 Apr 1892 S6 |
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Thomas J. Kane Defense Attorney |
Marion W. Essington Circuit Court Clerk |
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Thomas J Kane | M W Essington, Clerk | ||
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bet p 96/97 Biography: S1, P 95 |
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S1 | Book: Helm, T B. History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Reprint . Chicago, Evansville, IN: Kingman Brothers, Unigraphic, 1880, 1976 - Bk1604 | Archive.org - Read Online |
S2 | Book: Harden, Samuel. Those I have Met, or Boys in Blue. Anderson, Ind: Samuel Harden, 1888 - Bk3304 | Archive.org - Read Online |
S3 | Book: History of Hamilton County, Indiana by John F. Haines. Indianapolis, Ind: B. F. Bowen, 1915, page 395 - Bk2922 - Doc2088.pdf | Google Books |
S4 | Joel Stafford, Clerk of
the Hamilton County Circuit Court - his signature - "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPP-WRN : accessed 7 June 2015), Charles Mcguire and Lulu A Davis, 18 Jan 1895; citing Hamilton, Indiana, United States, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm . |
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S5 | Newspaper: Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana) "Second Murder Trial of Amasa J. Foulke for the Murder of his Wife" 12 Feb 1875, page 1, Col. 1. Microfilm, Repository: Hamilton East Public Library, Indiana State Library - newspapers.com, accessed 8 March 2018. - (Newspapers.com Link) - Doc4678.pdf | |
S6 | Guardianship Record, Mary G. Foulke, ID3671. Hamilton County, Indiana Circuit Court, Cause No. 850, 4 Apr 1892, Guardian's Bond. Guardian: John B. Foulke, ID0091. Repository: Hamilton County, Indiaan Clerk's Office/ Microfilm, obtained 24 Aug 2021. Doc6118.pdf | |
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