Randolph County Inferior Court Appearance Bond for Dal Johnson

Synopsis

A printed State of Alabama, Randolph County, Inferior Court appearance bond form completed by hand. Dal Johnson and his sureties agree to pay the State of Alabama a sum written as 'Twenty Five & Two [?]' dollars unless Johnson appears on Friday, July 19, before Mr. Hugh Perry, the mayor of the Town of Wedowee, to answer a charge (the offense is written only as initials that are hard to read). The printed wording about the next term of the Inferior Court is struck through and replaced by the handwritten appearance before the mayor. The bond is dated July 13, 1940 (the printed '193_' altered to 1940) and carries the marks or signatures of Dal Johnson, Sol Johnson and two other sureties. The folded back panel is the blank Sheriff's Office docket cover. The item is not about the water system but documents the mayor's court function in Wedowee around 1940 and was kept among the town's records.

Key facts

• Printed Inferior Court of Randolph County appearance bond form
• Appearance set for Friday, July 19 [1940] before Mayor Hugh Perry
• Bond amount written as 'Twenty Five & Two[?]' dollars
• Dated July 13, 1940
• Four signers: principal and sureties, at least one by mark

APPEARANCE BOND
THE STATE OF ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY. INFERIOR COURT
We, Dal Johnson & sureties agree to pay the State of Alabama Twenty Five & Two[?] DOLLARS unless Dal Johnson appears at [the next] Friday the 19th day July before [term of the Inferior Court of Randolph County, and from day to day, and from term to term thereafter until discharged by law, to answer a charge against him in said Court, for the offense of] Mr Hugh Perry the mayor of the town of Wedowee for the offence of [illegible initials]
And we, and each of us, hereby waive all rights of claims of exemptions as to personal property we or either of us now have or may hereafter have, under the Constitution and Laws of Alabama, and we hereby severally certify that we have property free from all encumbrance, to the full amount of the above bond.
Witness our hands this 13 day of July 1940
+ Dal Johnson (L. S.)
Sol Johnson his mark (L. S.)
[J. C.?] Barton (L. S.)
J. M. [illegible] (L. S.)
Taken and approved ______ 193__ ______ Sheriff ______ Deputy Sheriff
[Bracketed printed text is struck through on the original.]

Physical description

Printed form with ink and pencil handwriting; printed text struck through; center fold; light toning.

Reading notes

The offense is recorded only as initials that cannot be read with confidence; bond amount wording unclear ('Twenty Five & Two'?); surnames of two sureties uncertain; whether the 'X' marks belong to Dal or Sol Johnson is unclear. Not directly related to the water department.