Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. R. Robertson, Indictment

Place of Creation
Floyd 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
BR42-175
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3335
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FTP Identifier
32206105

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Dates
1863-01-01
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. R. Robertson, 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-0001-004-3335 (November 13, 2026).

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Floyd Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } Indictment
R. Robbertson

The Grand Jury of Floyd County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse R. Robertson of the offence of Arson Committed as follows To wit the Said R. Robertson on the 1st day of January 1863 in the County and Circuit aforesaid did willfully & feloniously set fire to the dwelling House of Elias Bradley with a view for the purpose Injuring the said Bradley and destroying his said House.

Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

J S Dury Commonwealth Attorney
A Copy Attest
John G Johns C. F. C. C

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164
Commonwealth
vs } Indictment Arson
R. Robertson
A True Bill
Thos F Patrick Foreman

Commonwealth Witnesses
Elias Bradley
Abraham Shepperd
Elias Cowley
Sol Bradley
A Copy Attest
John G Johns
C. F. C. C

J. S Dury Cmth atty