1885 Mississippi Circuit Court Indictment | Grand Jury Burglary Case | Original For Sale

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1885 Mississippi Circuit Court Indictment | Grand Jury Burglary Case | Original:
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This original 1885 Mississippi Circuit Court grand jury indictment charges Samuel Smith and William Smith with burglary and larceny after breaking into a rural store and stealing goods, including preserved pineapple and smoking tobacco. Fully handwritten and officially filed, the document captures a vivid moment in Mississippi’s post-Reconstruction legal history.

🔹Condition: Fair. The document was originally folded and has been carefully flattened. There is age-appropriate wear, including fold lines and a small tear along one fold. All text remains legible, and the document is intact.

This document comes from a larger collection of 19th-century legal records discovered in the basement of a historic Mississippi jail. Additional documents from this archive will be listed separately.

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