I, James Carpenter, Clerk of the Probate Court of said county, certify that A. L. Fairly, whose name is signed to the above affidavit, was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and seal of said court, this sixteenth day of April, 1859. JAMES CARPENTER, _Clerk Probate Court, Perry Co., Miss._ * * * * * ELLISVILLE, JONES COUNTY, } MISSISSIPPI. } We, the undersigned citizens of said county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bentonville Taylor, and know him to be a man of no moral worth as a citizen, no character as a lawyer, nor school teacher, and a man to whose word we could not give any credence for truth and veracity. J. L. Owen, Att’y at Law, Ellisville, Miss. J. A. Easterling. Norval Cooper. S. E. Nettles, Treas. of Jones county. F. K. Willoughby, Justice of the Peace. Hiram Mathas. Isaac Anderson. M. H. Owen. Amos J. Spears. Richmond Anderson. Thos. D. Dyess. John H. Walters. H. D. Dossett, Ex-Sheriff of said county. * * * * * STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, } JONES COUNTY. } I, D. M. Shows, Clerk of the Circuit and Probate Courts of said county, do hereby certify that I believe the men whose names appear to the foregoing annexed certificate, are men of truth and veracity. Given under my hand and seal of office this second day of April, 1859. D. M. SHOWS, Clerk of C & P. C. * * * * * ELLISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, } JONES COUNTY. } I, E. M. Devall, Sheriff of said county and State aforesaid, do certify that I believe that the men whose names appear to the foregoing annexed certificate are men of truth and veracity. Given under my hand and seal this 2d day of April, 1859. E. M. DEVALL, Sheriff Jones county. * * * * * After Bentonville Taylor returned from Mobile, I saw him and told him of the rumor that was in circulation relative to his going to Mobile as a witness against Col. J. R. S. Pitts, and he denied emphatically to me of having any share in the transaction, and also stated that the aforesaid rumor was false. [Signed.] EDWARD W. GOFF. The next question to be dealt with is the miserable plea of insanity, and forged names in the confessions.