Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William M. Riddle, Indictment

1863-11

Date of Creation
November 1863
Place of Creation
Estill 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
BR16-265
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2652
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205536

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Dates
1863-11
1863-11-05
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William M. Riddle, Indictment, 1863-11, 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-0001-004-2652 (November 13, 2026).

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November term 1863
Estill Circt Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against } Indictment
Wm M Riddle

The grand Jury of Estill County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Wm M Riddell of the Crime of Treason against the Commonwealth of Kentucky Committed as folows viz The Said Wm M Riddell did on the 5th day of November 1863 in the County aforesaid levy war against the Commonwealth of Kentucky and did adhere to its enemies giving them aid and Comfort against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

H F Finley
Comths attorney

A Copy attest
E Herndon C E C C

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Commonwealth
vs } ^Copy^ Indictment
Wm M Riddell