<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Walter McChesney, J. O. Hunter, Charles Hooper, & Benjamin T. Gray, Indictment Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 2 edits between June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

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 November 12, 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-0001-004-1864 BR13-432

Caldwell County, Kentucky Caldwell County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Caldwell, Circuit, Court. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against Walter McChesney. J O Hunter. Charles Hooper & Benjamin T Gray.

The Grand Jury of Caldwell County. in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. accuse Walter McChesney. J O Hunter. Charles Hooper and Benjamin T Gray of the crime of Robery. Committed as follows. viz. The said Walter McChesney J O Hunter. Charles Hooper and Benjamin T Gray on the 30th day of October 1862. in the County aforesaid feloniously took dry goods. and merchandize the property of R B Ratliff and J H Garrett from the possession and in the presence of said J H Garrett. and against the will of said R B Ratliff and said J H Garrett by putting the said J H Garrett in fear of some immediate injury to his person. against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Information given by J R Farliss J R Garrett Abert Ratliff L S Thomson Foreman Grand Jury D W McGoodwin attorney for the Commonwealth protem

A Copy atteste E P Watkins Clk c c c By F W Dabney D C

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Bench Warrant to issue and bail fixed for each defendant at $300.

R T Petree.

A Copy att F. W. Dabney, D C,

Commonwealth vs } Indictment for Robery. Walter McChesney, Charles Hooper. J O Hunter & B T Gray,

A True Bill L S Thomson Foreman of the Grand Jury
Filed and noted in open court Decr 3d 1862, att J C Barnes D C
A Copy