Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Spencer, Indictment
- Place of Creation
- Gallatin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
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- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R4-452
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0605
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- 32211807
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Citation
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Spencer, Indictment, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0605 (November 12, 2026).
Gallatin Circuit Court.
Commonwealth
vs } Indictment for negligently suffering a prisoner to Escape while he was guard of the Jail
Samuel Spencer
Joseph Wileber Sworn for Comth Stated that he Summoned Deft as guard and left him and Hays on guard about 7 oclock this prisoner Escaped about 9 oclock
Hiram Baldwin Stated that he was with the guards about 7 oclock when the prisoner escaped he had been with them about one hour this guard was in the Court house during the time — the court house was about 30 feet from the Jail Spencer took his Seat in a windo to watch the Jail in a posture from which he could See one Side and End of the Jail Spencer gave the alarm that prisoner was breaking Jail and fired pistol prisoner run and made his Escape the Jail was broken by picking wall from inside could have been done with but settle if any [...] witness heard no nois people up in town passing about the Streets
The Abuse is in Substance the testimony in this Cause upon which Spencer was found guilty and fined $100
Geo. C. Drane Ct Judge
John L. Scott. Com. atty.