Defeating Law
- Al ihe regular Mayterm ot the Circuit Court, n Phillips Co., Arkansas, a large amount of property was to be sold, and a pethion signed by above 200 names was prcscnted to the Judge, praying him not to hoid the court. Disregarding this, however, in the manly discharge of his duty, Judge Baker proceeded to the court, wben he found the hall of justice in ihe possession of about twenty anned men, who refused admission to any one, and threntened the Sheriff with death if he showed resistance. The Shcrifi made a requisitiou on the coloncl of the county for an armed forcé to suppress the rebellion. He ihen rcsigned his office and the power to appoiut a successor de vol ving on the Coroner, who was himself among the insurgents, the holding of the
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United States Circuit Court
Old News
Signal of Liberty
Baker
Phillips County Arkansas