Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. E. H. Williams and J. E. Russell, Indictment

1865-07

Date of Creation
July 1865
Place of Creation
Louisville, 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
BR14-334
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2117
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32205002

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Dates
1865-07
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. E. H. Williams and J. E. Russell, Indictment, 1865-07, 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-0001-004-2117 (November 13, 2026).

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
vs
E. H. Williams & J. E Russell

City Court of Louisville
Indictment
July Term 1865

The Jurors of the Grand Jury empanelled and sworn to equire in and for the City of Louisville in the name and by Authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on their oaths accuse E. H. Williams and J. E. Russell of the offense of managing a lottery for money and that they did in said City and State on the day of July 1865, dispose of personal property of value for money and gain by way of lottery and that the said Willimas and Russell, at the said time and place, and in the disposal of said property by way of Lottery, were partners, all of which is against the Statute in such case made, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

W. G. Reasor
Prosecuting Atto

Witnesses
Pat Dillon
Benj Ewing

I. Phil Tomppert Jr Clerk of the City Court of Louisville certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the original on file in my Office

Phil Tomppert Jr C C C L

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Commonwealth
vs } Indictment (Copy)
E. H. Williams & J. E. Russell
a true Bill
E H Gardner
Foreman