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This collection contains depositions from the trial of John Link, who was accused of murdering his stepfather, Samuel Pavey, and stepbrother, Taylor Pavey, in Leesburg, Ohio, in May 1879.

This collection (5 items) contains depositions from the murder trial of John Link, who was accused of murdering his stepfather, Samuel Pavey, and stepbrother, Taylor Pavey, in Leesburg, Ohio, in May 1879.

Martha Pavey, Jennie Pavey, and John Link provided their accounts of the day of the murder and discussed the families' history. According to the testimonies, on the day of the incident, Taylor Pavey had accused his stepmother, Martha Pavey, of slander, and had threatened to whip her and cause her other bodily harm. After Taylor retired to bed, Martha noticed her son John Link walking toward her home. While telling Link of the incident with her stepson, Pavey emerged from the household, leading to a physical altercation between the two men. Samuel Pavey later joined the fray, which ended when John Link fired several shots at Samuel and Taylor Pavey, killing them both. The three witnesses responded to questions from both the prosecution and defense.

• Mrs. Martha S. Pavey's examination (morning session)
• Mrs. Martha S. Pavey's examination (afternoon session)
• Jennie Pavey's examination
• Testimony of John Link (2 items, with some duplicated testimony)

This collection is made up of legal documents and court records pertaining to the murder trial of Milton Lester and Sarah Parker in Washington County, Texas, in late 1847. Lester and Parker were accused of killing George Parker, Sarah's husband.

his collection is made up of legal documents and court records pertaining to the murder trial of Milton Lester and Sarah Parker in Washington County, Texas, in late 1847. Lester and Parker were accused of killing George Parker, Sarah's husband. The items are dated August 1847-December 1847. The first item is a formal indictment against Milton Lester and Sarah Ann Parker, accusing Parker of hiring Lester to shoot her husband, with notes about the case dated as late as April 1848. Other items include orders for the county sheriff to arrest Lester and Parker and summons for witnesses, some of which are signed by John B. Dupuy, a justice of the peace. One brief document and a 44-page group of records contain witness testimonies. One item relates the results of an inquisition on the cause of George Parker's death, deemed to be a single bullet to the chest. The final items pertain to the defendants' requests for their trial to take place in Austin County, as they did not believe that a jury of men from Washington County would be impartial.