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Colorado Citizen, August 15, 1857, January 8, 1859; Colorado County District Court Records, Criminal Cause File No. 354: State of Texas v. John W. Stith, Criminal Cause File No. 359: State of Texas v. Gideon Scherer and John Scherer, Criminal Cause File No. 364: State of Texas v. Alexander Dunlavy. Dunlavy was eventually convicted of negligent homicide and fined $10. The cases against the Scherers and against Stith were eventually dismissed (see Colorado County District Court Records, Minute Book C2, pp. 312, 401). Only three previous indictments for cruelly treating slaves had been handed down in the county's history, the first in 1843 against Jacob Tipps, the second in 1854 against Elijah Wright, and the third in 1855 against John Crier, who was accused of abusing his own slave (see Colorado County District Court Records, Criminal Cause File No. 154: Republic of Texas v. Jacob Tipps, Criminal Cause File No. 171: State of Texas v. Elijah Wright, Criminal Cause File No. 200: State of Texas v. John Crier).