Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Bryan, Indictment

Place of Creation
Todd County, Kentucky
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
Box / Folder
BR8-378
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0242
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203129

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Dates
1863-04
1863-04-28
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Bryan, Indictment, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0242 (November 12, 2026).

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Todd Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } Inditment April Term 1863
John Bryan

The Grand Jury of Todd County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse John Bryan ^of the crime of^ Feloniously breaking into a store house and stealing merchandise therefrom ^committed as follows^ The said John Bryan on the 28 day of April 1863 in the County aforesaid, did wilfully and feloniously in the night time break into a store house in the posession and control of John D Black in which goods were and mechandise was kept deposited with the intent to steal and feloniously took therfrom Six Bottles of whiskey the property of said John D. Black of the value of six Dollars against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

J G Roach foreman
Grand Jury
E P Campbell attorney for commonwealth

Information given by
Jno D Black
Seth Black
Egbert Garth
J T Backhonner

A Copy attest
Ben. T. Perkins C. T. C. C

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Todd Cir Ct

12 months Respite

T E Bramlette