Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Augden Bridgwater, Indictment

Place of Creation
Linicoln 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
BR7-171
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-005-0105
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32206362
People
Bridgewater, Augden
Adams, Jennie
Owsley, Michael Henry
Givens, Richard Wallace
Miller, W. H.
Places
Lincoln County, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Lincoln Circuit Court
Dates
1865-09-05
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Augden Bridgwater, 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-0001-005-0105 (November 12, 2026).

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Lincoln CIRCUIT COURT.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
AGAINST

Augden Bridgwater

The Grand Jury of Lincoln County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Augden Bridgwater of the Crime of horse-stealing commited as follows, viz: the said Augden Bridgwater did on the 5th day of September 1865, in the County aforesaid unlawfully and feloniously steal, take and carry away from the possession of Jennie Adams one horse of the value of one hundred dollars, the personal property of the said Jennie Adams, and converted the same to his own use and benefit. Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

M. H. OWSLEY,
Attorney for the Commonwealth

A true Copy
Attest
W H Miller C L C C

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COMMONWEALTH
INDICTMENT FOR
Horse Stealing
VERSUS
Augden Bridgwater
A TRUE BILL.
R. W. Givens
Foreman.
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