Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Hannan, Indictment
- Place of Creation
- Bourbon County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
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- 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
- MG19-517
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0957
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- 32209365
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Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Hannan, Indictment, 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-0001-020-0957 (November 14, 2026).
Bourbon Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Ky Plff
agt } Indictment giving liquor to a Slave
William Hannan Deft
The parties appeared by their attorney and the defendant pleads that he is not guilty of the offence charged in the indictment & thereupon the following Jurors, J, A, Howerton, James, M, Fisher, J. T. McClure John, L, Heckman, M, Hildreth, N, Talbott, J, H, Hutchcraft, B, E, Knapp, W W Fisher Thomas Kennedy James, E, Ford, and Wm, B, Sparks, were Sworn to try the issue & having heard the evidence returned the following verdict, "We of the Jury find the deft guilty" W W Fisher
It is therefore adjudged by the court that the Deft make his fine to the commonwealth by the payment of fifty dollars the fine imposed by law for the offence aforesaid, and the costs herein expended
A copy
Att James Paton C B C C
By John G Paton D C
Bourbon Cir Ct
$50 } giving liquor to a slave
Issd
Commonwealth
agt } Co Judgt
WmHannan
Remitted
B. M
