Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alexander Willson, Indictment
1862-03
- Date of Creation
- March 1862
- Place of Creation
- Taylor 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
- MG23-46
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1728
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210136
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- Dates
- 1862-03
Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alexander Willson, Indictment, 1862-03, 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-0001-020-1728 (November 13, 2026).
Taylor Circuit Court
Commonwealth Plaintiff
Against } Indict selling spiritious Liquors to minors
Alexander Willson Defendant
This day Came the attorney for the Commonwealth and the defendant filed a demurrer to the Indictment which being duly Considered, the same is overruled to which the deft excepted the deft then plead not guilty and thereupon the following jurors towit Cy Parrott, W H Peterson, Jno Cloyd C. S. Robinson, Chas Wright, Robt Dearen Crofford Thomas, Wm L Davis, S. W Bowles Wm Fawcett & J. B. Beams were sworn to try the issue, after hearing the evidence rendered the following verdict towit "We of the jury find the Deft guilty of the offence charged in the Indictment and assess his fine at Fifty dollars. Wm Fawcett one of the jury
It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the defendant make his fine to the Commonwealth by the payment of Fifty dollars for selling spiritious liquors to minors, also the costs herein expended and may be taken &c
A Copy
Geo. W. Montague clk
Taylor Circuit Court
