Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joseph Frost, Indictment

Place of Creation
Fayette 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
BR17-151
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2859
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205743

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Dates
1865-11-01
1865-11-04
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joseph Frost, 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-0001-004-2859 (November 13, 2026).

[Page 1]

Fayette CIRCUIT COURT.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
AGAINST
Joseph Frost

THE GRAND JURY of Fayette county, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Joseph Frost of the [...] committed as follows, viz: The said Joseph Frost on the 1st day of November 18625 in the county aforesaid, Did unlawfully receive one Gray Horse the personal property of P H Thompson knowing at the time that said Horse was stolen against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

W. S. DOWNEY
COMMONWEALTHS ATTORNEY

WITNESSES: Elijah Foley,
P H Thompson,
E J Curley.

a true Copy — att Jno B Norton c f c c

[Page 2]

Comth Kentucky
vs. } Copy Indict (No 1.)
Frost Joseph

A true Bill
Geo W Sutton, Foreman

Returned into Court Nov 4th 1865
Att Jno B Norton c f c c