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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. George W. Hook, Dreury Godsey, James Patrick, James Richie, Crocket Richie, and James Walker, 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
BR42-233
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3358
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Dates
1865-09-12
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. George W. Hook, Dreury Godsey, James Patrick, James Richie, Crocket Richie, and James Walker, 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-0001-004-3358 (November 13, 2026).

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Perry Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
agst } Indictment
Geo. W. Hank, Dreury Godsey, James Patrick, James Richie, Crocket Richie, and James Walker

The Grand Jury of Perry County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Geo. W. Hank, Dreury Godsey, James Patrick James Richie, Crocket Richie and James Walker of the crime of Murder committed as follows to wit; the said aforesaid persons, did on the 12th day of October September 1865, in the county aforesaid with Malice aforethought, kill and Murder John & Joseph Eversole by shooting them with Guns & pistols. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

H. F. Finley
Comlth Atty

Witnesses Robert Godsey
Andrew Eversole
A Copy attest

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Commonwealth
agst } Indict
Geo. W. Hank &c