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me responsible for the safekeeping of Weaver and directing me to hold him in Custody till further orders from same Head Quarts_ I told him also that County Court was in session and that Judge Allen would soon be in the Court room to occupy the bench as Judge of the County Court himself_ stating however that the matters of precedence could be settled by him and the Judge_ Only a short time after Judge Allen came into the room and Justin Beavers vacated his seat and, went into the North East jury room on same floor_ He asked me again to bring out the Prisoners, (they being in jail and the keys in my possession) when I asked Judge Allen to excuse me for a short time, which he readily did and I summoned a guard and went to the jail and brought three of the Prisoners and put them under guard in the jury room, I then in Company with John J Smith and Ed Jenkins went back to the jail, so that Smith and Jenkins could talk with the remaining two Prisoners