Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Roberts, Indictment

Place of Creation
Morgan 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
BR7-73
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0053
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206312
People
Roberts, David W.
Lacy, J. A.
Dury, J. Saige
Kendall, James L.
Places
Morgan County, Kentucky
West Liberty, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Morgan Circuit Court
Dates
1864-10-01
--05-12
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David Roberts, Indictment, 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-0001-005-0053 (November 12, 2026).

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INDICTMENT.

Licking Valley Scorcher Print, West Liberty, Ky.


The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Plff.
against Indictment for [...]
David Roberts Deft.

Morgan CIRCUIT COURT, [...] TERM, 188[...].

The Grand Jury of Morgan County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse David Roberts of the offense of Murder committed in manner and form as follows, viz: The said David Roberts did, on the 1st day of October, 18864, in the county aforesaid did Wilfully and feloniously & with malice aforethought Kill and murder One James. L. Kendall by Cutting him with a Knife and Strikeing him with a rock or some other hard substance and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

J. S. Dury
Commonwealth's Attorney, [...] District Ky.

A True Copy

Att J. A. Lacy Clerk, M, C, C,

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Commonwealth
vs
David Roberts


$300 [offerrd]
May 112