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Webster Circuit Court
Th Commonwealth of Kentucky.
against
John A Brooks Thomas Chandler James P Smith & Joel Johnson
The Grand Jury of Webster County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwelath of Kentucky accuse John A Brooks Thomas Chandler James P Smith and Joel Johnson of the crime of Robbery committed as follows Viz. the said John A Books Thomas Chandler James P Smith and Joel Johnson on the
Jno Barret
Commonwealth atty
14 Judicial District.
Information by
William Rabourn
Newton Hunter
Common Webster Circuit Court
th 1863
Commonwealth Plff
vs
John A Brooks & c Defts
On motion of the de Plaintiff it is ordered that this cause be continued, thereupon the defendant John A Brooks together with his sureties J. A. Spaulding and D H Hugs & S B Vance in open Court
acknowledged themselves indebted to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of Five Hundred dollars to be void however upon the said John A Brooks appearing in this Court on the first day of its next
Comlth Plff
against } No. 1.
John A Brooks & c Defts
This day came the attorney for the Comlth and by leave of the Court filed the Opinion of the Court of appeals herein, the death of the deft Joel Johnson is suggested of Record, and it is ordered that the cause abate as to him, And the defendant John A Brooks failing to appear It is adjuged that his bond recognizance herein be taken as forfeited and summons is awarded thereon=
I M C David Clerk of the Webster Circuit Court do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Indictment. Recognizance and order of forfeiture in the case of Comlth vs John A Brooks & c Indictment No 1. in this Court,
Given under my hand this th June 1865
M C Davis clerk