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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Walter McChesney, J. O. Hunter, Charles Hooper, & Benjamin T. Gray, Indictment

Place of Creation
Caldwell 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
BR13-432
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1864
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FTP Identifier
32204751

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Dates
1862-10-30
1862-12-03
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Walter McChesney, J. O. Hunter, Charles Hooper, & Benjamin T. Gray, 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-0001-004-1864 (November 12, 2026).

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Caldwell, Circuit, Court.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
Walter McChesney. J O Hunter. Charles Hooper & Benjamin T Gray.

The Grand Jury of Caldwell County. in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. accuse Walter McChesney. J O Hunter. Charles Hooper and Benjamin T Gray of the crime of Robery. Committed as follows. viz. The said Walter McChesney J O Hunter. Charles Hooper and Benjamin T Gray on the 30th day of October 1862. in the County aforesaid feloniously took dry goods. and merchandize the property of R B Ratliff and J H Garrett from the possession and in the presence of said J H Garrett. and against the will of said R B Ratliff and said J H Garrett by putting the said J H Garrett in fear of some immediate injury to his person.
against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Information given by
J R Farliss
J R Garrett
Abert Ratliff

L S Thomson Foreman Grand Jury
D W McGoodwin attorney for
the Commonwealth protem

A Copy
atteste E P Watkins Clk c c c
By F W Dabney D C

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Bench Warrant to issue and bail fixed for each defendant at $300.

R T Petree.

A Copy
att F. W. Dabney, D C,

Commonwealth
vs } Indictment for Robery.
Walter McChesney, Charles Hooper. J O Hunter & B T Gray,


A True Bill
L S Thomson
Foreman of the Grand Jury

Filed and noted in open court Decr 3d 1862,
att J C Barnes D C

A Copy