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spring of 1825, the Honorable George Shannon
of Lexington presiding; he was defended by the Hon-
orable [Honorable] John Rowan, then a Senator
in Congress, the Honorable William T. Barry, then
Secretary of State, Colo. William Brown, a distinguish-
ed [distinguished] lawyer & a gentleman of great personal worth
and influence of Cynthiana & my son Thos. P. Taul
then twenty two years of age. The trial lasted 8 or
10 days & resulted in a verdict of guilty. A motion
was made for a new trial & granted on some
pretended tampering with or misconduct of the
jury. A year or two afterwards, he was tried a
second time before Judge ____ Brown, who had re-
ceived [received] his appointment from Gov. Desha and was
again found guilty & another new trial granted.
He remained in prison until a short time before
the expiration of his fathers term of office, when
he was pardoned & returned to his family, but
did not remain with them but a a short time
before he left & the first account that was [?]
[?] heard of him was his death at San Felipe
de Austin in Texas. The tragical fate of this
wretched man, the circumstances that my youth-
ful son was one of his counsel, & was said to have
acquitted himself with great credit, are the prin-
cipal causes for giving the case a place in these
memoirs. From Kenty. Desha went to N. Orleans
passing under the assumed name of Parker. From
N.O. he went to Texas where or at N.O. he made
the acquaintance of a man of the name of Early
from Georgia, whose father had been Gov ? of
that state. Whether he was passing by his proper name
or not, I never learned. But he had fled from Geor-
gia [Georgia] for murder, Early had money. Desha had none
& E. proposed to him to accompany him to San Antonio