Legal/Financial

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Wesley (a slave), Judgment

1861-06-15

Date of Creation
June 15, 1861
Place of Creation
Caldwell 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG8-119
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-021-0032
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210824
People
Watkins, Edmund P.
Stevens, Jesse
[Unknown], Wesley
Places
Caldwell County, Kentucky
Organizations
Caldwell Circuit Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Dates
1861-06
1861-06-15
1861-09-06
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Citation

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Wesley (a slave), Judgment, 1861-06-15, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-021-0032 (November 12, 2026).

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TheCommonwealth of Kentucky
Caldwell Circuit Court Sct
June Term 1861. Saturday 15th June 1861.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment for Murder
Wesley (a Slave) Defendant

The Defendant was this day brought into Court and being informed of the nature of the Indictment plea and verdict was asked if he had any legal cause to show why Judgment should not be pronounced against him and none being Shown It is adjudged by the Court that the defendant be taken to the Jail of Caldwell County and therefore safely Kept until the 6th day of September 1861. On which day between sunrise and sunset thesheriff of Caldwell County shall hang him by the neck until he is dead.

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