Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Carter, William Carter, and Henry Carter, Indictment

Place of Creation
McCracken 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
BR43-33
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2956
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205834

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Dates
1865-05-01
1868-05-04
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Carter, William Carter, and Henry Carter, 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-0001-004-2956 (November 13, 2026).

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McCracken Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
John Carter. Wm Carter Henry Carter

"The Grand Jury of McCracken County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse John Carter Wm Carter & Henry Carter of the crime of Horse Stealing as follows Viz The said John Carter Wm Carter & Henry Carter did on the 1st day of May 1865 in the County aforesaid feloniously take and carry away three horses of the value of One hundred Dollars each the personal property of Jack Mason against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P. D Yeiser Comt atty

Witnesses
N Grief
F. W. Sayre
H. C. Pitt
J P Mason
L. G. Mason
Frank Sayer and wife } Graves County

Filed May 4th 18657

Endorsed, A true bill
J. G. Cole
Foreman

Bail is fixed on this indictment at Four hundred Dollars for each Deft —

C. S. Marshall Judge

A Copy
Attest
B Small clrk
By Henry C. Yeiser D C

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Coml
vs } Horse Stealing
Jno. Carter & others

Copy.
For
Sam Houston

Fee for copy 25¢