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

1861-08-08

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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: BR43-165
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-004-3051
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FTP Identifier: 32205900

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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 Bowren, 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-0001-004-3051 (November 13, 2026).

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State of Kentucky
County of Graves } SS.

Graves Equity & Criminal Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
Jones Gregory & James Bowren

The Grand Jury of Graves County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Jones Gregory & James Bowren of the crime of Shooting at another with the intent to kill.

Committed as follows Viz: Said Jones Gregory & James on the 5^th day of August 1861 in the County aforesaid did wilfully & Maliciously shoot and Wound W. C. Womack & T. J. Scofield with guns loaded with Powder & leaden Shot or bulletts or other hard substances, so that the said Womac & Scofield did did not die thereby against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Thos H. Corbett Comlths Attorney first Judicial district

Information by Thos Barly. Wm Shorfield T J. Scofield. & Halcomb Jackson

Bail is fixed on this indictment at Five Hundred Dollars for Each defendant
J. M Bigger, Judge

A Copy attest
W A Turner C G C C

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The Comlth of Ky.
vs. } Shooting with intent to kill
Jones Gregory
James Bowren

a true bill
S. W. Gray
Foreman

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

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