Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Middleton, James Blevins, Ransom Blevins, E. D. Bailey, Benjamin Middleton, William Eldridge, David Middleton, Carr Eldridge, & James Eldridge, Indictment

Place of Creation
Harlan 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
BR42-23
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3235
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FTP Identifier
32206017

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Dates
1865-09-26
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Middleton, James Blevins, Ransom Blevins, E. D. Bailey, Benjamin Middleton, William Eldridge, David Middleton, Carr Eldridge, & James Eldridge, 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-0001-004-3235 (November 13, 2026).

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Harlan Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Agst } Indictment
William Middleton James Blevins Ransom Blevins E D Bailey Benjamin Middleton William Eldridge David Middleton Carr Eldridge & James Eldridge. The grand Jury of Harlan County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse William Middleton James Blevins Ransom Blevins E D Bailey Benjamin Middleton Wm Eldridge David Middleton Carr Eldridge & James Eldridge of the Crime of Robbery Committed as follows viz

The said aforesaid persons did in the county aforesaid on the 26th day of Sept 1865 Feloniously forceably & by puting Wright Kelly & others in fear of some immediate Injury to his person take from said Kelly one Beaver coat 12 tin cups one pistol one web of cloth & other items to tedious to mention all of the value of fifty Dollars against the peace & dignity of the commonwealth of Kentucky

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Pardon