WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1860
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To GEORGE M. FLOURNOY 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, December 4, 1860. George M. Flournoy, Esq., Attorney General of Texas Sir: Will you please give your opinion as to the Governor's power in granting pardons at any time after conviction, and before sentence or pending an appeal to an appellate Court? Sam Houston.
1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 266, Texas State Lib1·ary.
To JOHN B. FLOYD 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, December 5, 1860. Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War Sir: Intelligence has reached me today of the massacre of three families in Jack County by the Indians. The Indians also fired their dwellings. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 266, Texas State Library.
To THE CITIZENS OF THE FRONTIERS, DECEMBER 6, 1860 1 To the Citizens of the Frontier: The Commissioners to take Testimony in regard to Indian Depredations will proceed to the discharge of their duties at the time set forth in the accompanying schedule, and will hold _their sessions for three days at each County Site. The Commissioners will sit in the presence of the Chief Justice, and in his absence, the Gounty Clerk, who will administer oaths. In the absence of one of the Commissioners, the other two will act. Persons testifying as to loss of property, will state to the Commissioners the facts upon which they base their belief that their property was stolen by Indians. First District. Commissioners Messrs. G. W. Pierce, Noah Cox, and George Dye, Laredo, Webb County, January 7th; Zapata, Zapata County, January 12th; Rio Grande City, Starr County, January 18th; Hidalgo, Hidalgo County, January 24th; Browns- ville, Cameron County, January 30th. Second District. Commissioners, Messrs. H. L. Kinney, J. H. Barry, and Forbes Britton. Corpus Christi, Nueces County,
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