Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Hunt, Verdict
- Place of Creation
- Jefferson 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
- BR13-419
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1851
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204738
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- Dates
- 1865-05-29
Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Hunt, Verdict, 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-0001-004-1851 (November 12, 2026).
State of Kentucky
Pleas before the Honorable P B Muir Sole Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court at the Court House in the City of Louisville on the
The Commonwealth
vs } Indictment felony
John Hunt.
John Hunt who has been indicted by a Grand Jury of this Circuit for felony, and who is bound by recognizance to appear and answer the same this day appeared in discharge of said recognizance and being arraigned upon said indictment plead not guilty thereto and for his trial put himself upon the Country and the attorney for the Commonwealth likewise, Wherefore to try the Issue joined let a Jury Come, & thereupon Came a Jury towit: W P Shephard, Jos Enders, Geo Swope Chas Ketchum, Jno Cross A Campbell, G F Downs, Luther Wilson, F McCarthy J V Cowling Jno Long Jas Hall who being duly elected, tried and sworn well and truly to try and true deliverance make between the Commonwealth and the accused upon oath returned into Court the following verdict. "We of the Jury find the Defendant John Hunt guilty as charged in the within
indictment and say that he shall be confined in the Penitentiary of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the space of two years, and in consideraion of his tender age recommend him to the clemency of the Governor of the state.
G F Downs foreman.
and thereupon the prisoner was remanded and taken to jail accordingly
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Jefferson Cir Ct
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Commonwealth
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John Hunt
