Complex sentence: He noted that the three generations of the family who appeared before him showed only Indian and white ancestry, and no evidence of African ancestry; the defendant Hudgins did not provide definite proof of Wright's descent from a slave mother.
Split into simpler sentences: He noted that the three generations of the family who appeared before him showed only Indian and white ancestry, and no evidence of African ancestry. The defendant Hudgins did not provide definite proof of Wright's descent from a slave mother.