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

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KYR-0001-005-0082

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

BR7-133 to BR7-134

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, BR7-133 to BR7-134, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-005-0082, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Campbell Circuit Court
The Com"mth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment for Refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter
John W Flora & George 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 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, a State Treasurer, a Senator from the 25th Senatorial District in the State aforesaid, 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 & the Said Herendon the Sheriff of the said Election -- Severally acting as such, at the time and place aforesaid, having been duly appointed & qualified as such Judge & Sheriff, and the Jury aforesaid in the name and by the authority aforesaid, does further Say that at the Election aforesaid held for the purpose aforesaid, at the Precinct and County aforesaid -- Alfred Dial a qualified voter of said precinct & county, did then & there appear at the Polls before the Judges, Sheriff & Clerk of Said Election between the hours of Seven Oclock A, M, and
Six Oclock P M, and did then & there offer to vote, Whereupon the Said John W Flora and the said Geo Herendon as Judge & Sheriff of Said Election Respectively did knowingly unlawfully and completly refuse to receive the vote of the Said Alfred Dial, Contrary to the Statute made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Witnesses
Alfred Dial

R. B. Carpenter
Commonwealths Attorney

A, Copy
Attest Benj Beall clk
Campbell Circuit Court

134
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 24^th 1865
B. W iss^daug 28th "

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