Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Flora and George Herendon, Indictment
- Place of Creation
- Campbell County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
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- 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
- BR7-127 to BR7-128
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-005-0079
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- 32206338
Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Flora and George Herendon, 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-0001-005-0079 (February 6, 2026).
Com"mth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment for refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter
Jno W Flora & George Herendon Defendants
The Grand Jury of Campbell County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Jno W. Flora & George Herendon of the offense of refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter committed as follows, viz;
The Said Jno W Flora & Geo Herendon on the [...] day of [...]before the finding of this Indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, were officers of an Election then & there held at the Carthage Precinct in Said County under the Constitution and laws of the State of Kentucky, for
the Election of a member of the Congress of the United States for the 6th Congressional District in Ky, a State Treasurer, a Senetor from the 25th Senetorial District in Ky, two members of the General Assembly for Said County, and a Clerk of the Circuit Court for Said County, the Said Flora being then & there a Judge of Said Election, and the Said Herendon being then & there the Sheriff of the Said Election and Severally acting as Such at the time & place aforesaid, [...] having been duly appointed and qualified as Said Judge & Sheriff, the jurors aforesaid in the name and by the Authority aforesaid due further Say that at the Election aforesaid, for the purpose aforesaid at the Precinct & County aforesaid, on the day & year aforesaid Edward Morin, a qualified voter of said Precinct and County, did then & there appear at the polls before the Judges, Sheriff & Clerk
of Said Election, between the hours of Seven O clk A, M, and Six Oclock P, M, and did then & there offer to vote, Whereupon the said Flora & Herendon as Judge and Sheriff of Said Election Respectively did Knowingly and unlawfully refuse to recive the vote of Said Morin, Contrary to the Statute in Such Case made and provided, And against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Witnesses
Edward Morin
R. B. Carpenter,
Commonwealth Attorney.
A, Copy
Attest Benj Beall Clk
Campbell Circuit Court
130
The Commonwealth
Against
Jno W. Flora & Geo Herendon,
Indictment for refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter
A True Bill
G. W. Carmack
Foreman
Filed
B W, issd