Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jones Gregory and James Bowrin, Indictment

1861-08-08

Date of Creation
August 8, 1861
Place of Creation
Graves 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
BR43-164
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3050
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32205899

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Dates
1861-08-05
1861-08-08
1861-10-01
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jones Gregory and James Bowrin, Indictment, 1861-08-08, 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-0001-004-3050 (November 13, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
County of Graves } Sct

Graves Equity and Criminal Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
Jones Gregory and James Bowrin

The Grand Jury of Graves County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Jones Gregory & James Bowrin of the crime of Murder, committed as follows, viz said Jones Gregory and James Bowrin on the 5th day of August 1861 in the county aforesaid did feloniously and with malice aforethought conspire with Frank Gregory to kill and murder John Womac, by then and there aiding and abetting, advising and persuading the said Frank Gregory to kill and murder the said John Womac, by shooting him with a gun loaded with powder with leaden shot or bullets, or other hard substance. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Information by
Thomas Bailey,
Wm Sherfield,
T. J. Scofield,
Halcomb Jackson.

Thos H. Corbett
Commonwealth attorney first Judicial District

(over)
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Bail is fixed in this indictment at Five Hundred dollars for each defendant
J. M. Bigger Judge
A Copy Attest
W A Turner C G C C

The Comlth of Ky
vs } Shooting Murder
Jones Gregory and James Bowrin

(Copy)

A true bill
S. W. Gray Foreman

Filed Aug 8th 1861
process issued Oct 1st 1861
Ervin Anderson C G C C
By S. F. Andersen D C