State of Kentucky
Jefferson Circuit Court
October Term 1862
October 25 1862

We of the jury find the prisoner guilty as charged in the within indictment and recommend him to the clemency of the Governor

Tho^s H Crawford foreman

State of Kentucky

I James P Chambers Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State afsd certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the verdict in the case of the Commonwealth against Tho^s Stevens indicted for murder In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk the date first written

James P Chambers

(Names of the Jury)
Thos H Crawford
William Hardin
S H Bullin
R Whitney
Charles H Lewis
Levi A.Ci[v]ill.
J H Wright
W^m Moses
J A Benseman
H D Blankenbaker
[David] Shafer
Jno B Green

The killing in this case was proved by one witness. There were one or two circumstances which went towards corrobberating the statements of this one witness. The defense offered to prove that deceased, some time after the killing, say one half hour, but after the parties had seperated & the dft ^had been^ arrested in another part of the city — stated that another man had shot him This was twenty-four hours before he died — was not a dying declaration, nor offered as such & the court excluded the testimony as being no part of the "res gestae"

In view of these facts I recommend the prisoner to your excellency for clemency

J R Dupuy com atty