Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Patrick Welch, 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
BR15-371
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2426
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FTP Identifier
32205310

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Dates
1865-09
1865-05
1865-09-05
1865-11-20
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Patrick Welch, 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-0001-004-2426 (November 13, 2026).

[Page 1]

The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
AGAINST
Patrick Welch.


Jefferson Circuit Court,
September Term, A. D. 1865.

The Grand Jurors of the County of Jefferson in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Patrick Welch of the Crime of Grand Larceny committed in the manner and form as follows to=wit: The said Patrick Welch in the said County of Jefferson on the [...] day of May A. D. 1865, with force and arms feloniously did take steal and carry away one hunting case Gold Watch worth one Hundred and fifty dollars ($150) the property of John M Stokes Jr contrary to the form of the statute in such cases, made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

J R Dupuy
Commonwealth's Attorney.

Witnesses:
John M. Stokes Jr
Thos Welch lives in New Albany
Thos Acres Marshall of New Albany.

[Page 2]

The Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Indictment.
vs } Grand Larceny
Patrick Welch.
A True Bill.
Joseph T. Tompkins.
Foreman.
1865 Sept 5 Received from Grand jury & filed
6.. Jno M Stokes Jr Recogd for plff
Nov. 20. N. G. Jr Jury & Verdict
Guilty. one year. & recommended to Clemency —