Legal/Financial

Garrard Circuit Court, Warrant

1864-04-18

Date of Creation
April 18, 1864
Place of Creation
Garrard 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
BR10-167
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0763
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32203650

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Dates
1863
1864-04
1864-04-18
1864-04-29
1864-05-24
1864-04-19
1864-04
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Garrard Circuit Court, Warrant, 1864-04-18, 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-0001-004-0763 (November 14, 2026).

[Page 1]

The Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff or any constable of Garrard County
Greeting

Whereas Joshua Dunn Senr of said county hath this day given information upon oath that George W. Alford did on the [...] day of 1863 sell to Buck a negro slave belonging to the estate of William Hoskins dec'd [...] whisky contrary to and in violation of the provisions of an act of assembly to proibit the sale, gift or loan of spiritous or vinous liquors to slaves or free negroes. These are therefore to command you to Summon said G. W. Alford to appear before me or some other justice of the peace for said county in the town of Bryantsville on the last Frid^a^y in April 1864 to answer said charge you are likewise commanded to summon 12 good and lawful jurors to attend at the same time and place to try the aforesaid case.

You will summon Joshua Dunn Jr witness for Commonwealth

Given under my hand this 18th dy of April 1864

J. R. Phillips J. P.

[Page 2]

April 29th 1864

We of the Jury find the defendent guilty as charged in the within warrant and assess the fine against him of fifty dollars and the costs

H. T. Perkins
one of the Jury

State of Kentucky Garrard County

The within and foregoing is a true copy of the original as filed in my office

May 24 1864
Jas M. Philips
Justice of the Peace

Garrard Cir Ct
Commonwealth
vs } Warrant
G. W. Alford

Executed April 19th 1864 & set for trial on the last Friday in April ^1864^ in Bryantsville

J. N. Isom C. G. C

Refused

contested
A Copy
B M Burdett Atty