Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Franklin Gibson, William Morgan, Stephen Young, and George Pilant, Indictment

Place of Creation
Crittenden 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
BR42-398
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-3472
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FTP Identifier
32206232

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Dates
1865-11-15
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Franklin Gibson, William Morgan, Stephen Young, and George Pilant, 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-0001-004-3472 (November 14, 2026).

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Crittenden Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
Against
Franklin Gibson William Morgan Stephen Young, George Pilant

The Grand Jury of Crittenden County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Franklin Gibson William Morgan Stephen Young and George Pilant of the offence of forcibly rescuing a prisoner lawfully detained in jail on a charge of fellony Committed as follows namely The said Franklin Gibson William Morgan Stephen Young and George Pilant did on the 15th day of November 1865 in the County aforesaid forcibly rescue from the jail of Crittenden County one James Guest therein lawfully detained by order of the Crittenden Circuit Court on charge of felony, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

D H Hughes atty
protem for Comth

Witnesses=
W H Hughes David Woods Wm Rushing Ephraim Hill

A Copy Attest J H Walker C C C C

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Comth of Ky
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Franklin Gibson &c