Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John C. Arvine et al., Indictment

1860-09-19

Date of Creation
September 19, 1860
Place of Creation
Madison 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
MG23-137
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1781
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32210189

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Dates
1860-07-24
1860-09-19
1862-04-13
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John C. Arvine et al., Indictment, 1860-09-19, 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-0001-020-1781 (November 13, 2026).

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Madison Circuit Court.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
John C Arvine
Benjamin Richardson
Lewis Thurman
Jesse Davis

The grand jury of Madison County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse John C. Arvine, Benjamin Richardson, Lewis Thurman, & Jesse Davis of the crime of shooting with Intent to kill, committed as follows, vis, the said John C. Avrine Benjamin Richardson, Lewis Thurman, & Jesse Davis on the 24th day of July 1860 in the county aforesaid, wilfully and maliciously shot at and wounded Solom Harris with pistols and guns loaded with Bullets, and other hard substances, with the Intent to Kill him, but from which shooting and wounding the said Harris did not die against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

W. S. Downey,
Com. Atty.

Witnesses
Solom Harris
Will E. Wilkerson
Wm Solom Harris
L. A Lisle
John Little
Dr. Wm Jones.
Dr. F. J. Dickerson

Endorsed,
A. True Bill
James. Black. Foreman.
1860. Sept. 19 found —

A True Copy
Att Marshall [...] clerk
Madison Cir Court

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The Com'th of Ky
agt. } Indictments Shooting with Intent to Kill
John C Arvine
Benjamin Richardson
Lewis Thurman
Jesse Davis


Pardon issued April 13" 1862 — before judgment