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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Gaines, George W. Houk Jerrymiah Walker, Henry Combs, John Godsey, & Drury Godsey, 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
BR42-2
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3220
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FTP Identifier
32206002

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Dates
1865-10-10
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Gaines, George W. Houk Jerrymiah Walker, Henry Combs, John Godsey, & Drury Godsey, 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-0001-004-3220 (November 13, 2026).

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Perry Circuit Court
The Commonwealth
agst } Indict
James Gaines, Geo. W. Houk Jerrymiah Walker, Henry Combs, John Godsey, Drury Godsey

The Grand Jury of Perry County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse James Gaines &c of the Crime of Murder committed as follows to wit: The said Thomas Gaines &c did in the county aforesaid on the 10th of Oct 1865 wilfully & Maliciously & unlawfully and with intent to Kill, not in their self defence Shoot at and wound James Thomas, with Guns & pistols of which wounds the said Thomas Died not Against the peace & dignity of the Comlth of Kentucky

H. F. Finley

Witness
James Thomas

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Comlth
agst } Indict
Houk & others
James Gaines

Malisious Shooting
& wounding