Commonwealth of Kentucky v. W. R. Babb et al., Indictment

Accession Number

KYR-0001-004-1741

Document Genre

Legal/Financial

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867

Item Location

BR13-246

Place of Creation

McCracken County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1865-04-14

1865-04-26

M^cCracken Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
W R Babb A L Banks W^m Wallace E C Lusk & Ja^s Newberry & Jasper Babb

The Grand Jury of M^cCracken County in the name and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse W R Babb A L Banks, W^m Wallace E C Lusk Ja^s. Newberry & Jasper Babb of the Crime of horse stealing Committed as follows, viz, The said W R Babb A L Banks W^m Wallace, E C Lusk Jas Newberry and Jasper Babb did on the 14^th. day of April 1865 in the county aforesaid feloniously take & carry away — one horse of the value of one hundred dollars the personal property of Jacob Roark

The grand jury Aforesaid charge that at the time and place aforesaid the said John Newberry & E. C Lusk feloniously took and Carried away one horse of the value of one hundred dollars the personal property of Jacob Roark and the aforesaid W R Babb A L Banks W^m Wallace & Jasper Babb were accessories before the fact by conselling aiding advising & encouraging the said theft

The grand jury aforesaid charge that at the time and place aforesaid the said W^m Wallace & Jasper Babb feloniously took & carried away one horse of the value of one hundred dollars the personal property of Jacob Roark and the aforesaid W R Babb, A L Banks E C Lusk & Jas Newberry were accessories before the fact by Counselling, aiding abetting advising & encouraging the said theft — all against the peace & dignity of the commonwealth of Kentucky

P D Yeiser
Com^l atty.

Witnesses

Jacob Roark — W^m Holt.
Starlon Sheron — Franklin Harris
Ed Moore of Graves County
Zeke Maynor Tom Allbratten.

A copy — attest B Snall C M C C

"Bail is fixed on this indictment at Five hundred dollars for each defendant

C S Marshall Judge"

W R Babb has been discharged by order of court

B Small clk

Commonwealth
vs } Horse Stealing
W R Babb & others

A true bill
J G Cole
foreman.

Filed 26^h April 1865
Bch. Wt. isd.

(a copy)

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