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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Gabriel Endicott, Indictment

Place of Creation
Lawrence 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
BR42-326 to BR42-327
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3433
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206198

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Dates
1856-01-01
1859-10
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Gabriel Endicott, 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-0001-004-3433 (November 13, 2026).

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Lawrence Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
Gabriel Endicott
Indictment
The Grand Jury of Lawrence County in the name and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Gabriel Endicott of the crime of murder committed as follows to wit. The said Gabriel Endicott in the first day of January ^in the year^ 1856, in Lawrence County did feloniously wilfully maliciously And of his malace aforethought Kill and Murder one David Justin by shooting him with a pistol against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

B. D. Lacy Atto for
Comth.
A True bill
David Carnutt (Foreman
Lawrence Circuit Court Oct Term 1859 1st day
The Comonwealth of Ky
against } on charge of Murder.
Gabriel Endicott

Jury and Verdict

This day came the Commonwealth of Ky, and Gabriel Endicott in person and plead not guilty, and there upon came a jury to wit Bazel Rucker, J B Ward, Elijah Hurlin William Everman, James McGlinn Samuel Evermore James W Scott, John Grizza T. J. England James A Forster David M Harper & Senr W Gooding, who being aided tried and sworn to well and truly try, and true delivered

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make between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Gabriel Endicott, and having heard the arguments of Council, [...] and afterwards the following Verdict. We the Jury find the prisoner guilty of Man Slaughter, and say he shall serve in penatentiary of Kentucky for a term of Ten years.

J. B. Ward Foreman
A Copy Attest.
R. F. Vinson clk
By H. S. Bussey D. C.

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Commonwealth
vs } copy of Indictment & Jury & Judgement
Gabriel Endicott

Fee for copying 30¢
For Jas. M. Rice