Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jane (a slave), Judgment

1860-07-14

Date of Creation
July 14, 1860
Place of Creation
Owen County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG17-220
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0252
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32208662
People
Sidebottom, Benjamin F.
[Unknown], Jane
Combs, Leslie
Places
Kentucky
Organizations
Owen Circuit Court
Dates
1860-07-14
1860-09-14
1860-11-10
1860-12-14
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jane (a slave), Judgment, 1860-07-14, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0252 (November 12, 2026).

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Owen Circuit Court
July Term 1860 July 14
The comth of Ky Plff
vs } Indictment for Murder.
Jane. Deft

The court being about to adjourn the defendant was this day brought into Court and being informed of the nature of the indictment, plea, and verdict, was asked if she had any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against her and none being shown it is adjudged by the Court that the Defendant be taken to jail and there safely Kept until the 14th day of September 1860 on which day between Sunrise and sunset the Sheriff of Owen County shall hang her by the neck until she is dead."

A Copy
attest: Leslie CombsC C A

[Page 2]

Jane (a slave)

Warrant of Execution issued Nov. 10. 1860

Friday ^December^ 14th 1860
Setting Friday December 14th 1860. as the day for her execution

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