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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Lewis, Elijah Mercer, John Gaines, James Godsey, Allen Moore, James Moore James McIntosh, S. R. Begley, James Gaines Geo. W. Houk, Danl. Smith, John Key, Andrew Combs, Milton Combs, & Andrew Robin, Indictment

Place of Creation
Perry 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
BR42-1
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3219
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Dates
1865-10-10
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Lewis, Elijah Mercer, John Gaines, James Godsey, Allen Moore, James Moore James McIntosh, S. R. Begley, James Gaines Geo. W. Houk, Danl. Smith, John Key, Andrew Combs, Milton Combs, & Andrew Robin, 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-0001-004-3219 (November 13, 2026).

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Perry Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
agst Indict
James Lewis, Elijah Mercer, John Gaines, James Godsey, Allen Moore, James Moore James McIntosh, S. R. Begley, James Gaines Geo. W. Houk, Danl. Smith, John Key, Andrew Combs, Milton Combs, Andrew Robin

The Grand Jury of Perry County in the name and by the authority of the Comlth of Kentucky accuse James Lewis &c of the Crime of Murder, Committed as follows the said James Lewis &c did in the County aforesaid on the 10th of Oct 1865, wilfully & with Malice aforethought kill & Murder, Garlin Combs, (alias Henry Combs) by shooting Him with Guns & Pistols against the peace & dignity of the Comlth of Kentucky

H. F. Fanler
Comlth atty

Witness
Peter Whitaker &c

A Copy attest,
James Gaim

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Comlth
agt } Indict
G. W. Houk &c

Killing
Henry Combs