Commonwealth of Kentucky v. D. A. Layman, Indictment
- Place of Creation
- Kenton County, Kentucky
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- 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
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- MG20-301 to MG20-302
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1151
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. D. A. Layman, 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-0001-020-1151 (November 13, 2026).
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kenton Circuit Court,
Comwth of Kentucky
agst } wounding with intent to Kill
D, A, Layman
The Grand Jury of Kenton County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse D, A, Layman of the crime of wilfully & maliciously, shooting at and wounding one Charles Leonard, so that he did not & has not died thereby, committed as follows viz —
The said D. A. Layman on the [...] day of ill willful malicious and felonious intention then and there to kill and murder, did
then and there shoot at and wound, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
W, E, Arthur, atty for the Comwth
Witnesses
Mrs R Buckingham
Isabella Robinson
Eliza Culvin
Anna Cochran
W, B, Watts
Charles Leonard
copy attest
N, B, Stephens, clk
Kenton County
Examining Court
Commonwealth of Ky Pltff
agst } Bond
D A Layman Deft —
D, A, Layman being in custody, charged with the offence of malicious shooting, and being admitted to Bail in the sum of Six hundred Dollars, $60000 Now we D, A, Layman & J, C, Thomas hereby undertake, that the above named D, A, Layman, will appear in the Kenton Circuit Court on the first day of its next
to answer said charge, and will at all times render himself amenable to the orders and process of said Court, in the prosecution of said charge, and if convicted will render himself in Execution thereof, or if he shall fail to perform, Either of these conditions, That we will pay to the Commonwealth of Kentucky The sum of Six hundred Dollars ($60000) witness our hands this
D A Layman
J, C, Thomas
taken and subscribed before us as Examining Court of Kenton County
J, C, Howard J, P, K C
Benj Eggleston J P K C
copy att
N, B, Stephens clerk
At the
quainted with Layman's circumstances, and believe him unable to pay the fine — He is now confined in the Jail of Kenton County in difault of payments He had indemnified his surety ^in this Bail bond^ in some measure- Most of which has been [...] exhausted in paying that costs and the attos' part of the forfeiture I heard the trial and believe that the offence was not an agravated one and the question of guilt at least Doubtfull- I was not his attorney, but believe his appeal for executive clemency meritorious he having a wife and three small children wholly Dependant on him for Support and he no means except the remains of a broken Down [...] establishment
Kenton Cir Ct
Commonwealth,
agst } Copy Indict & Bail Bond
D A Layman
$600 } For. Recog
Copies
Rispite 12 Mos
B. M
Issd
Remission Issd
Fee 60cts
for Dr J, C, Thomas
