Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Shroeder, Indictment

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
BR15-336
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2404
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FTP Identifier
32205288

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Dates
1862-01
1861-11-27
1864-05-14
1865
1865-09-09
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Shroeder, 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-0001-004-2404 (November 13, 2026).

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State and Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Jefferson County and Circuit Sct.

January term of the Jefferson Circuit Court, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty two.The Jurors of the Grand Jury, impannelled and sworn to enquire in and for the body of the County of Jefferson in the name and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on their oath, present that David Shrader, late of said County laborer, on the 27th day of November in the Year eighteen hudnred and sixty one in the said County of Jefferson and state of Kentucky with force and Arms One Cow of the value of Twenty five Dollars, of the Goods and Chattels of George F Huber, then and there being and found, feloniously did steal, take and carry away, Contrary to the form of the statute in that Case made and provided and against the Peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

E. S. Craig, atto for Circuit 7th Ju dist

Witnesses for the Commonwealth
Geo F Huber
Jno Schuck
Bernard Ilsing
Tho Slater
Chas Glass

A Copy,
att James P. Chambers. c

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1864
may 14th stricken from docket with leave —
1865 reinstated.

The striking from the Docket in the life time of the main witness for defence — and the reinstating soon after his death has much the appearance of a vindictive watchfulness not consistent with a desire for the ends of justice —

Therefore —
Pardon is is granted for the offence charged in the Indictment

T E Bramlette
Govr

Jefferson Cir Ct
vs
David Shroeder
Grand Larceny
Pardoned 9th Sept /65