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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-0001-004-2007 BR14-163

Ohio County, Kentucky Ohio 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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Ohio Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against } Indictment Moses Bear

The Grand Jury of Ohio County in the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of Kentucky -- accuse Moses Bear -- not being a physician of the offense of selling, giving, & loaning to the Slave of another -- not under his controll & without the written order of the owner of sd slave, or of the person who for the time being had the legal controll of the service of sd slave, spirituous, Malt & viniousous liquors. Committed as follows -- viz --

The said Moses Bear on the day of may & year 1862 -- and on divers days since in the county afsd did sell, give & loan spirituous malt & vinous liquors to plffess a slave. sd Slave then & there belonged to E. D Walker but was then & there under the controll of A. B. Baird -- and the said Baird then & there had the legal controll of the services of sd slave -- & the said Slave was not then & there under the controll of the said Bear -- and the said Bear did then & there give, loan, & sell spirituous, Malt & vinous liquors to the sd slave as afsd without the written orders of the sd E. D Walker & without the written orders of the said Baird and that the said Bear was not then & there a phyisician -- against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky --

Information by John Ford -- Virgil Addington -- E. D. Walker A B Baird Wm Mauzy -- David Moseley John Thomas -- A Copy Attest A. L. Morton clk

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The commonwealth of Ky vs } selling Liquors to Slaves Moses Bear

A true Bill -- Jos Leach Foreman of the Grand Jury --

Filed March 28th 1863 A L Morton clk O C C