Gilbert J. Dease and his Nephew John Ryan Charged with Murder

Gilbert J. Dease was born in 1856 to Edward Dease and his 2nd wife Lucinda Stephens. He had 3 siblings; 2 sisters and a brother. John Ryan was his nephew. John's mother Margaret Dease was Gilbert's half sister from his father's first marriage.  

The State of Alabama

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Gilbert J. Dease alias Gilbert Dace and John Ryan

This day came the state of Alabama by its solicitor and the defendants with their Counsels and said defendant were arraigned on an Indictment  charging them with the crime of Murder to which charge he pleaded not guilty thereupon their case was set down for trial on Monday the Fifteenth day of January 1894, it is ordered that One hundred jurors including the regular panel be summoned to appear before the Court on that day and that a list of said jurors and a copy of the Indictment be served on each of the defendant one entire day before the trial. 

"...having heard the Evidence and the Charge of the Court on this Twenty Second 1 day of January 1894 say on the other we the Jury and this Defendant Gilbert J. Dease guilty of under in the second degree and further kind that he be imprisonment in the Penitentiary for (10) years, and further find the defendant John Ryan not Guilty it is ordered that the defendant Gilbert J Dease be remanded to Jail to amend the further action of the Court and that the State of Alabama ... {Mobile, AL City Court, Criminal, Minutes Book No. 16, 1893-1896; FILM #1945141}

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Gilbert J. Dease served one year and was pardon by the Governor. 

Before retiring from office Gov. Jones, of Alabama, commuted the sentence of Gilbert J, Dease from ten years one year. Dease's term will now expire in January next..

The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Fri, Dec 21, 1894, Page 1.

He died in Mexico in 1898. I would love to have his death certificate. So, if any kind researcher has access think of me. It can be found at:

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60473/?name=Gilbert+J_de*se&birth=1856&birth_x=5-0-0  

Gilbert J. Dease is my 2nd Cousin 3X Removed. 

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1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYD-HQCL-Z?view=fullText&keywords=Gilbert%20J%2CDease%2CAlabama&groupId=TH-909-78668-115150-40

2. {Mobile, AL City Court, Criminal, Minutes Book No. 16, 1893-1896; FILM #1945141}

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3. The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Fri, Dec 21, 1894, Page 1.

4. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60473/?name=Gilbert+J_de*se&birth=1856&birth_x=5-0-0