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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-1542 BR12-386

Trimble County, Kentucky Trimble County, Kentucky 1865-03-18 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Samuel Staples being now in custody, charged with the offence of passing counterfeit treasury notes, or united States treasury notes, and being admitted to bail in the Sum of Five hundred Dollars, we James M Branch of the county of Trimble and hereby undertake that the above named Samuel Staples Shall appear in the Trimble circuit court on the first day of its next May term, and render himself ameniable to the orders and prosscesses of sd court, in the prosecution of sd charge, and if convicted Shall render himself in execution thereof, or if he failes in either we will pay the commonwealth Five hundred Dollars

James M Branch

Taken and subscribed before us as Justices of the peace for Trimble County this 18 day of March 1865.

John W Stewart J P T C J H Lane J, P, T, C

Endorsed & filed 18' March 1865

W. F, Peak, C

A Copy attest W, F, Peak, Clerk, T, Ct, C