Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Leroy D. King, Indictment
1862-03-20
- Date of Creation
- March 20, 1862
- 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
- MG23-138 to MG23-139
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1782
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210190
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Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Leroy D. King, Indictment, 1862-03-20, 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-0001-020-1782 (November 13, 2026).
Madison Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
Leroy D King}
The Grand Jury of Madison County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Leroy D King of the Crime of Murder Commited as follows Viz. The said Leroy D King on the
W S Downey
Com. Atty
Witnesses
"we of the Jury find the Prisoner Guilty — of Manslaughter and Confinement in the Penitentiary for two years
Thos H Embry"
State of Kentucky
Madison Circuit Court } Sct
I James M. Shackelford clerk of said court certify that the foregoing page contains a true copy of the Indictment in the case of The Commonwealth against Leroy D King found at the
Given under my hand this
J. M. Shackelford
Clk
Commonwealth
vs }
Leroy D King
Copy Indictment & & Verdict
