Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John H. Taylor, Transcript
- Place of Creation
- Fayette County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
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- 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
- BR9-344
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0533
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Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John H. Taylor, Transcript, 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-0001-004-0533 (November 12, 2026).
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Fayette Circuit Court,
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
John H Taylor f M C
The Grand Jury of Fayette County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John H Taylor, free man of color of the crime of Grand Larceny committed as follows, viz; The said John H Taylor on the
And the Grand Jurors of the County aforesaid, in the name and by the authority aforesaid, further accuse the said John H Taylor of the crime of Receiving stolen property, knowing that the same was stolen, committed as follows, towit: The said John H Taylor on the
W S Downey,
Commonwealths Attorney.
Witnesses:
Caleb Tarleton
James Keizer
John Stevenson
M H Cromwell
A J Gorham
E C Gorham
Returned into Court
Amount of Bail Bond $800.
(And afterwards, towit: at a Court continued and held in and for the Circuit aforesaid, on the
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The Commonwealth came by her Attorney and the Defendant was called and failed to appear in discharge of his Bail Bond herein.
W L Taylor surety of said Defendant was likewise called who failed to produce the body of his prinicpal.
Wherefore it is ordered that the Bail Bond herein be and the same is hereby forfeited and that a Summons issue thereon in the name of the Commonwealth returnable to the next term.
(And afterwards, towit: at a Court continued and held in and for the Circuit aforesaid, on the
On motion of the Attorney for the Plaintiff, it is ordered that this case be filed away with leave to reinstate the same on the Docket at anytime hereafter.
True Copies — Att Jno B Norton C f C C
By Chas F Lowry D C
Comth Kentucky
vs. } Copy Indict &c
Taylor John H
For Wm L Taylor