Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Shackelford, Indictment

Place of Creation
Madison 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
BR15-68
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2245
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FTP Identifier
32205129

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Dates
1865-06-30
1865-08-10
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Shackelford, 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-0001-004-2245 (November 13, 2026).

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Madison Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
James M Shackelford

The Grand jury of Madison County in the name and by the at authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse James M Schackelford of the — committed of as follows, Viz: the Said James M Schackelford on the 30th day of June 1865 in the County aforesaid Willfully and Maliciously shot at and wounded Squire Turner with a gun loaded with leaden balls and of other hard substances with the intent to Kill him but from which shooting and wounding the said Turner did not die, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Witnesses:
Squire Turner
Thos J Gordon
William Cusick

W. S. Downey
Commonwealths Attorney

(Endorsed) "a true bill
William Sheppard Foreman

A copy att J M Shackelford clk
By Robert E Little D C

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Madison Cir Ct
Commonwealth of Ky
vs } Shooting Intent to Kill A copy
James M Schackelford


Offense
Pardoned
(Copy)
10 Aug/65