Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Bush, Indictment

1863-12

Date of Creation
December 1863
Place of Creation
Lyon 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
BR[11]-143
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1064
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32203951

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Dates
1863-12
1863-08
1863-12-22
1864-08-29
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Bush, Indictment, 1863-12, 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-0001-004-1064 (November 12, 2026).

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Lyon Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against } Indictment
John W. Bush
December term 1863

The Grand Jury of Lyon County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John W. Bush of the crime of Manslaughter committed as follows, Viz; The Said John W. Bush on the 15th day of August 1863, in the County aforesaid did, feloniously and wilfully kill Richard T. Harris by Shooting him the Said Harris with a Pistol loaded with a leaden bullet or other hard Substance, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

B. C. Ballard
Foreman Grand Jury
E. P. Campbell Attorney for Commonwealth

Information given by
A. H. Champion
Jas T. Long
J. E. McCarty
Lewis Cash
N, C, Gray
Melinda Pearce
L. C. Brooks
M. M. Lyon
L. C. Brooks
W. H. Long
Dudley C. Dunn
James Maham

A true copy 
Attest
J. W. Clark clk
Lyon ct. ct.

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Lyon Crt Ct

Comth
v } Indictment for Manslaughter
John W. Bush

a true bill
B. C. Ballard
Foreman of the Grand Jury

Filed in open court
22 Decr 1863
A. H. Dudley clk

Pardoned
29th Aug/64

A true copy

Attest J. W. Clark clk
Lyon circuit court

Fee prepaid
J. W. C. clk