Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William F. White and John Payne, Indictment

Place of Creation
Fayette 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
BR10-435
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0933
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FTP Identifier
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Dates
1864-03-04
1864-06-20
1864-03-20
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William F. White and John Payne, 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-0001-004-0933 (November 12, 2026).

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Fayette CIRCUIT COURT.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
AGAINST
William F White &
John Payne

THE GRAND JURY of Fayette county, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse William F White & John Payne of the offence of setting up Faro Bank & Dealing Faro committed as follows, viz: The said William F White & John Payne on the 4th day of February 18634 in the county aforesaid, did set up, exhibit and keep for themselves and others a Faro Bank used in betting and games of chance, upon which Faro Bank, money, property, Bank Notes, National Treasury Notes and other things of value were bet, won and lost against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

W. S. DOWNEY,
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES:

Bowman Barclay,
Benjamin Blincoe
Peter Tighe,
James Kendall,
John Warnock,
Clem Payne,
Henry Metcalf,

Rufus Lisle,
Mitch Lawrence
Thos H Moore
R B Shelton.

A Copy — att Jno B Nortom c f c c
By Chas. F Lowry D C
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Fayette Cir Ct
Comth of Kentucky
vs } Copy Indict
White William F & Payne John

A true bill —
S S Thompson
Foreman.
$500 each.

Remitted Bond & Pardoned WhiteOffence as to White
20th June/64

Returned into Court Feby 20th 1864.
Att Jno B Norton C