Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. F. Y. Young and William Burge, Indictment

1865-05-15

Date of Creation
May 15, 1865
Place of Creation
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867
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BR14-50
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1926
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. F. Y. Young and William Burge, Indictment, 1865-05-15, 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-0001-004-1926 (November 12, 2026).

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Muhlenberg Circuit Court

The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } May Term 1865
F Y Young and Thomas Burge

The Grand Jury of Muhlenberg County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse F Y Young and William Beurge of the Crime of Robbery Committed as follows viz.

The said F Y Young and William Berge on the 15th day of December 1864 in the County aforesaid, willfully and feloniously took and carriedawayFifteenhundred — worth of dry goods and merchandise the property of S A Jackson from his immediate presence and possession and against his the said S A Jacksons will by then and there putting him in fear of some immediate injury to his person from arms violence and force and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

A N Davis
foreman Grand Jury
E. P. Campbell atty
for Commonwealth

Witnesses
S. A Jackson
Tolbert Robertson
John S. Young
Robert Glenn
Jos Fox

endorsed "a true bill A N Davis foreman ^of the^ Grand Jury"
Filed in open Court May 15, 1865

att J H Reno Clk

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"Bench Warrant to issue & bail fixed at $500 each —

R. T. Petree

A Copy att
J H Reno C M C C
By Tho. J. Jones D. C.

Muhlenberg Cir Ct
Comth of Ky
vs } Copy of Indictment
F. Y. Young &c


2 cases
Robbery & unlawful carrying away property
Pardoned
1[...]thMay 1865

Pardon Young