Campbell Circuit Court

The Com"mth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment for refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter

John W Flora & George Herendon Defendants

The Grand Jury of Campbell County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John W. Flora and George Herendon of the offense of refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter — Committed as follows, viz; the Said John W Flora and Geo Herendon, on the [...] day of August, 1865, and on divers other days and times, before and Since that time, and before the finding of this Indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, Being Officers of an Election then & there held, at the Carthage Precinct in Said County, under the Constitution and laws of the state aforesaid

, for the purpose Election of a Member of the Congress of the United States, for the Sixth Congressional District of Ky; a State Treasurer, a Senator from the 25th Senatorial District of Said State, Two members of the General Assembly for the county aforesaid, and a Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid The Said Flora being then & there a Judge of said Election, and the said Herendon being then & there the Sheriff of Said Election, and severally acting as such at the time & place aforesaid, having been duly appointed and qualified as said Judge & Sheriff, The Jury aforesaid in the name and by the authority aforesaid, do further say, that at the Election aforesaid, and for the purpose aforesaid at the Precinct and County aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid Turner Parsons, a qualified voter of Said Precinct and County, did then & there appear before at the Polls, before the Judges, Sheriff

and Clerk of Said Election, between the hours of Seven Oclock A. M. and Seven Oclock P. M. and then & there, did offer to vote, Whereupon the Said John W. Flora and George Herendon as Judge and Sheriff aforesaid, Respectively did Knowingly unlawfully and Corruptly refuse to receive the vote of the Said Turner Parsons, Contrary to the Statutes in such cases made and provided, and against the piece and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Witnesses

Jno J Nelson
Turner Parsons,

R, B, Carpenter
Commonwealths Attorney

A Copy

Attest Benj Beall clk
Campbell Circuit Court

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The Commonwealth
against
John W Flora & Geo Herendon

G, W, Carmack
Foreman