Sumner County, TN Lawsuit #6075
From the Loose Records of Sumner Co, TN

The State vs. Cavitt, Michael, 1819

Submitted by Rita Bryant at barefoot@bayou.com

State of Tenneessee
Sumner County
March term in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninteen of
the circuit court of said county.
The grand jury of the state aforesaid, elects, impanneled, sworn, and charged
to inquire for the body of the county aforesaid, upon this oath ___ and __;
that Michael Cavitt, of said county, yeoman, on the thirteenth day of January
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, in the county
aforesaid, did willfully and knowingly ___, conceal, hide and secrete a
certain mould, stamp, die, punch, and other machines and instruments designed,
intended and calculated for the forging and counterfitting of Spanish milled
dollars, which are a species of silver coin current in said state on the said
thirteenth  day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen  And the juror aforesaid, upon this oath aforesaid, do further
present; that the said Michael Cavitt, on the day and year aforesaid, in the
county aforesaid, did ___ ___, conceal, hide and secrete the said mould,
stamp, die, punch, and ___ machines and instruments as aforesaid, designed,
intended, and calculated for the forging and counterfitting of Spanish
milled dollars, ___, ___, and without knowing of their use and nature.
And the juror aforesaid, upon their true oath aforesaid, do further ____
and say; that in the day and year aforesaid, at the county aforesaid, the said
Michael Cavitt, was not an officer of justice into whose hands and protection,
the aforesaid mould, stamp, die, punch, and other machines and instruments,
designed, intended, and calculated as aforesaid, for forging and counterfitting
of Spanish Milled dollars, __ come to be kept and protected in the due and
regular execution of the ___ of his office. And the juror aforesaid, upon their
oath aforesaid, do further present and say;  that Andrew Cavitt, of said county,
black smith, on the said thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, in the county aforesaid, did willfully and
knowingly aid, ___, and be concerned with the said Michael Cavitt, in ___,
concealing, hiding, and secreting, the aforesaid mould, stamp, die, punch,
and other machines and instruments of aforesaid, designed, intended,
and calculated as aforesaid, for the forging and counterfitting of
Spanish milled dollars, which is a species of silver coin current in the State
aforesaid, and also was such on the day and year of aforesaid.  And the juror
aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present and say, that the
said Andrew Cavitt, on the day and year aforesaid, in the county aforesaid,
did not aid, __, and be concerned with the said Michael Cavitt, in ___,
concealing, hiding, and secreting the aforesaid, mould, stamp, die, punch, and
other machines and instruments as aforesaid, designed, intended, and
calculated as aforesaid for forging and counterfitting of Spanish milled
dollars as aforesaid, innocently, ignorantly, and without knowingly, ___, and
with a full and perfect knowledge of their use and nature;  to the evil
example of all others, ______ ___ of ___ in such case made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity of the State.
Signed
___Washington
Attorney general of the seventh district in said state.

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