D. WILLIAMS Found Guilty of Treason (1866)
We learn from the Greenville New Era, of the 28th ult., that DeWitt C. WILLIAMS, tried before the Circuit Court at Dandridge, Jefferson county, Judge SWAN presiding, upon a charge of treason against the State, and that the accused was found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment in the State Penetentiary. This is the first case of treason against the State for aiding and abetting the later rebellion that has ever been tried in any court in this State, and the verdict rendered, will no doubt, attract very general attention. J. M. MEEK, attorney general, prosecuted, while Colonel NETHERLAND and other distinguished lawyers defended the prisoner.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 12 May 1866, Page 1. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.