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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Leander Allen, Copy of Record

Place of Creation
McCracken 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
MG18-38 to MG18-39
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0348
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Dates
1859-07-25
1859-07-30
1859-07-30
1859-07
1860-01
1860-01
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Leander Allen, Copy of Record, 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-0001-020-0348 (November 13, 2026).

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McCracken Equity & Criminal Court, Sct.
The Commonewalth of Kentucky
Against
Leander Allen

The Grand Jury of McCracken County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Leander Allen of the Crime of Grand Larceny committed as follows, (viz) The said Leander Allen on the 25th day of July 1859 in the County aforesaid did feloniously take and carry away one watch. the personal property of Leander Allen Henry Odell and of the value of more than four dollars against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

A. P. Thompson
Attorney for the Commonwealth 1st J. D.

Information by
Henry Odell

The following endorsements appear on the back of the above indictment.

"Bail is fixed upon the within indictment at Five Hundred Dollars. July 30th 1859

L. S. Trimble
Equity & Criminal Judge"

"We of the Jury say the prisoner is not guilty as charged in the indightment

G. F. McClelland for."

"A true bill. Alfred Boyd foreman"

"Filed July 30th 1859"

A true Copy, Attest
B. Small Clk
By Jas. Leslie Brown D. C.

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At the July Term 1859 of the McCracken Equity & Criminal Court Ky, the following order was made to wit,

"The Commonwealth of Ky Plff
against } Grand Larceny
Leander Allen

The Deft was again brought into Court and together with John Q. A. King, Albert H Noble, John L. Allard, R. J. Jordan, P. C. Smedley, & Q Q Quigley as surety acknowledged themselves jointly and severally indebted to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of One Hundred And fifty Dollars to be void however if the said Leander Allen shall personally appear in this Court on the first day of its next January Term to answer the indictment in this case and not depart with out leave of the Court"

A true Copy, Attest
B. Small Clk
By Jas Leslie Brown D. C

At the January Term 1860 of said Court the following order was made in same case towit,

The Plff appeared by attorney and the defendant was solemnly called but came not It is therefore ordered that his recogizance be taken as forfeited and that a summons issue against him & J. Q. A. King, A. H. Noble, J. L Allard, R. J. Jordan, P. C. Smedley and Q Q Quigley sureties returnable to the next term of this Court."

A true copy, Attest, R. Small Clk
By Jas Leslie Born D. C

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Copy of Record