Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Hatchett, Indictment

Place of Creation
Washington 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
BR41-371
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3197
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205985

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Dates
1865-12-01
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Hatchett, 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-0001-004-3197 (November 14, 2026).

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } Washington Circuit Court
William Hatchett

The Grand Jury of Washington county in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse William Hatchett of the crime of Robbery committed as follows: The Said William Hatchett on the 1st day of December 1865 in the County aforesaid Washington did feloniously steal take and cary away one Pistol of the Value of Ten Dollars, One mans Saddle of the Value of Twelve Dollars the personal property goods and chattels of James I. Reed from his person & presence by force and against his will by putting him in fear of Some immediate injury to his person against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth of Ky Witnesses before the Jury

James I. Reed, George Lambert George Baker Morrison Harber Andrew Pinkston John McMillen and H. D. Reed

L. H. Noble Atty for
Commonwealth
a Copy att
W. H. Phillips D. C.

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Comwlth
vs } Robbery
Wm. Hatchett

a true bill
D. McIlvoy foreman of the Grand Jury
a Copy
Att.
W. H Phillips