Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Sauner and George Kintner, 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
BR43-40
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2961
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205836

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Dates
1865-05-01
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John Sauner and George Kintner, 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-0001-004-2961 (November 13, 2026).

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McCracken Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
John Sauner & Geo. Kintner

The Grand Jury of McCracken County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Jno Sauner & Geo Kintner (proprietors of the Continental Hotel) of the offense of Keeping a gaming house committed as follows Viz — The said John Sauner & Geo Kintner did on the 1st day of May 1865 in the County aforesaid, suffer and permit a game of Cards at which money, bank bills & property of value was bet won and lost, to be played in the Continental Hotel a house under their control against the Peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P. D Yeiser
Coml atty"

Witnesses
W. K. Harris
William Johnson
William Sullivan
Stanley Brown
John Strow
Jno Strow
John Hord
Frank Harlan

"Endorsed"
A. true Bill
J. G Cole
Foreman

Bail is fixed on this Indictment at Two hundred Dollars for each Deft

C S Marshall Judge

A. Copy. attest
B. Small Clk
By. Henry C. Yeiser D C"

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Coml
vs } G House
Jno. Sauner & others

Copy
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