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

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KYR-0001-005-0075

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

BR7-119 to BR7-120

Place of Creation

Campbell County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1865-08

1865-08-25

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, BR7-119 to BR7-120, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-005-0075, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Campbell Circuit Court
The Com"mth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment of 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 & George 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, Being officers of an Election then & there held at the Carthage Precinct in Said County under the Constitution and laws of the State aforesaid for the Election of a
member of the Congress of the United States, for the 6th Congressional District of Ky, a State Treasurer, a Senator from the 25th Senatorial District of Said State, Two members of the General Assembly for the County aforesaid, and a Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid; the Said Flora being then & there, a Judge of Said Election, and the Said Herendon being then & there the Sheriff of the Said Election, and Severally acting as Such at the time & place aforesaid, having been duly appointed and qualified as Said Judge & Sheriff, the Jury aforesaid in the name and by the authority aforesaid, do further Say that at the Election aforesaid for the purpose aforesaid, at the Precinct & County aforesaid, on the day and year aforesaid, John Otten a qualified voter of Said Precinct and County, did then & there appear before the Judges Sheriff and Clerk of Said Election
between the hours of Seven Oclock A, M, and Seven Oclock P. M, and then & there offer to vote, Whereupon the said John W Flora and George Herendon as Judge and Sheriff of Said Election Respectively, did knowingly unlawfully and Corruptly refuse to receive the vote of the said John Otten, Contrary to the statutes in such Cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Witnesses
John Otten
John J Nelson

R, B, Carpenter
Commonwealth Attorney

A, Copy
Attest Benj Beall Clk
Campbell Circuit Court

153
The Commonwealth
Against
John W Flora & Geo Herendon

Indictment for Refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter

A True Bill
G. W. Carmack
Foreman

Filed Aug 25^th 1865
B W iss^dAug 28^th "

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