Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Margaret Smith, Judgment

Place of Creation
Jefferson 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR7-63
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0034
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206293
People
Chambers, James P.
Dupuy, James Robert
Price, John
Smith, Margaret
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Jefferson Circuit Court
Dates
1864-05-18
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Margaret Smith, Judgment, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-005-0034 (November 12, 2026).

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The following is a true copy of the verdict of the Jury in the case of the Commonwealth of Ky against Margaret Smith indicted for Grand Larceny. viz

We of the Jury find the prisoner named in the within Indictment, guilty, and she shall be confined in the Jail and Penitentiary House of this Commonwealth One year, and recommend her to the clemency of his Excelency the Govenor

John Price foreman
att James P Chambers c J c c

The accused is a young woman with a child two years old she was charged with the Larceny of fourteen yards of green Berage worth sixty-five cents per yard

J R Dupuy

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Jefferson Cir Ct
vs

Pardon granted

Thos E Bramlette

Margaret Smith
One year
Grand Larceny
18th May/64