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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-0001-004-1740 BR13-245

McCracken County, Kentucky McCracken County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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McCracken Circuit Court Commonwealth of Kentucky against E. C. Lusk Jas Newberry Wm Wallace, W R Babb A. L. Banks & Jasper Babb

The Grand Jury of McCracken County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse E C Lusk Jas Newberry Wm Wallace, W R Babb, A. L. Banks & Jasper Babb of the crime of Horse stealing committed as follows, Viz. The said Lusk Newberry Wallace Babb Banks & Babb did no the 14th day of April 1865 in the county aforesaid feloniously take and carry away one horse of the value of one hundred dollars the personal property of Franklin Harris -- The Grand Jury aforesaid charge that at the time and place aforesaid the said E. C. Lusk & A L Banks took and carried away one horse of the value of one hundred dollars the personal property of Franklin Harris & the said Jas Newberry Wm Wallace W R Babb & Jasper Babb were accessories before the fact by aiding abetting counselling & encouraging the said theft -- The Grand Jury aforesaid charge that at the time and place aforesaid the said Jas Newberry Wm Wallace & Jasper Babb feloniously took & carried away one horse of the value of one hundred dollars the personal property of Franklin Harris & the said E C Lusk. W. R Babb & A. L. Banks were acessories before the fact by counselling aiding abetting & encouraging & advising in the said theft -- all against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P D Yeiser, Coml atty

Witnesses WmHull, Franklin Harris Sterling Sheron Jacob Roark Ed Moore of Graves Co

A Copy -- attest B Small clk By H. C. Yeiser D C

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"Bail is fixed on this indictment at Five hundred dollars for each deft

C. S. Marshall Judge"

"W R Babb ^has been^ discharged by order of court --

B Small Clk By H C Yeiser D. C"

McCracken Cir Ct Coml v } Horse stealing E. C. Lusk & others

A true bill J G Cole foreman

Filed 26th April 1865 Bch Wart

E Moore

Copy Clkfee340.cts