Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Flora and George Herendon, Indictment

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KYR-0001-005-0074

Document Genre

Legal/Financial

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867

Item Location

BR7-117 to BR7-118

Place of Creation

Campbell County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1865-08

1865-08-24

1865-08-28

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Flora and George Herendon, Indictment, n.d., Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867, BR7-117 to BR7-118, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-005-0074, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Campbell Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment for refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter
John W Flora & Geo Herendon Defendants

The Grand Jury of Campbell County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John W Flora & Geo Herendon of the Offense of Refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter, Committed as follows, viz; The Said John W Flora & Geo Herendon on the [ ] day of August, 1865, and on divers other days and times, before and since that time, and before the finding of this Indictment, in the County and State aforesaid were officers of an Election then & there held at Carthage Precinct in Said County, under the Constitution and laws of the State of Kentucky, for
the Election of a member of the Congress of the United States, for the 6th Congressional District, a State Treasurer, a Senator from the 25th Senatorial District of Kentucky, two members of the General Assembly, from Said County, and a Clerk of the Circuit Court for Said County, the Said Flora ~~and~~ being then & there, a Judge of Said Election, and the Said Herendon being then & there the Sheriff of Said Election; and Severally acting as Such at the time and place aforesaid, having been duly appointed and qualified as said Judge & Sheriff, The Jurors aforesaid in the name & by the authority aforesaid, do further say that at the Election aforesaid at the Precinct & county aforesaid, on the day & year aforesaid, Coleman Shaw a qualified voter of Said Precinct & County, did then & there appear at the polls before the Judges, Sheriff & Clerk of the Said --
Election, between the hours of Seven Oclock A. M. and Six Oclock P. M. and then & there offer to vote, Whereupon the Said John W Flora and Geor Herendon Respectively and Knowingly com[...]tly refuse to receive the vote of the Said Shaw contrary to the Statute made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Witnesses

Coleman Shaw

R. B. Carpenter

Commonwealths Attorney

A, Copy
Attest Benj Beall clk
Campbell Circuit Court

133
The Commonwealth
Against
Jn^o W. Flora & Geo Herendon

Indictment for Refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter

A True Bill
G. W. Carmack
Foreman

Filed Aug 24^th 1865
B W. iss^dAug 28^th "

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