Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Robert Clark, Benjamin Clark, James Grider, Murry Grider, & Jesse Hill, Indictment

Place of Creation
Anderson 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
BR42-180 to BR42-181
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3339
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FTP Identifier
32206109

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Dates
1862-10-09
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Robert Clark, Benjamin Clark, James Grider, Murry Grider, & Jesse Hill, 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-0001-004-3339 (November 14, 2026).

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Anderson Circuit Court
against
Robert Clark, Benj Clark, James Grider Murry Grider & Jesse Hill

The Grand Jury of Anderson county in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Robt Clark Benj Clark, James Grider, Murry Grider & Jesse Hill, of the crime of Grand Larceny. Committed as follows:

The said Robt. Clark, Benj. Clark, James Grider, Murry Grider & Jesse Hill on the 9th day of October 1862 in the County aforesaid did feloniously steal, take and carry away eighteen yards of Jeans each yard of the value of Two dollars one over coat of the value of Twenty five dollars and Treasurery notes of the United States usually called Green backs number and value of to the Grand Jurors unknown but in all representing one hundred dollars and of the value of one hundred dollars, all the personal property goods & chattels of John Leathers against the Peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Witnesses before the Jury
Jesse Leathers &
Rosa Leathers
L. H Noble
Atty for Comlth.
A True bill
R H Crossfield
Foreman of Grand Jury

A true copy attest
C H Fenwick
clk A C C

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Comlth of Ky
vs } Indict copy
Robt Clark &c