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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Dent, G. Brown, and W. D. C. Johnson, Indictment

1863-04-23

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Date of Creation: April 23, 1863
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: BR43-53
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-004-2970
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FTP Identifier: 32205842

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Dates: 1863-04-15; 1863-04-23

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Dent, G. Brown, and W. D. C. Johnson, Indictment, 1863-04-23, 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-0001-004-2970 (November 13, 2026).

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M^cCracken Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
W^m Dent, G Brown W D C Johnson

The Grand Jury of McCracken cou[nty] the name and by the authority of the Commo[nwealth] of Kentucky, accuse W^m Dent, G Brown & W D C Johnson of the offense of assault & Battery committed as follows viz The said Dent Brown & Johnson did on the 15^th day of April 1863, in the county aforesaid, maliciously assaulted, beat, Maltreated & scandalously & cruelly abused W^m H Bristow against the Peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P D Yeiser
Commonwealths attorney for 1^st Judicial District

Witnesses

W^m H Bristow
J H Rollins
Wils Foster

Erik Rollins
W^m Duchey
J S Potter

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M^cCracken Court

If this be true then "truth is stranger than fiction"

Refused

Coml^th
vs } A & B
W^m Dent & others

A true bill
N Stanley
Foreman

Filed 23^d April 1863

(A copy)