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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-0001-004-2966 BR43-47

Metcalfe County, Kentucky Metcalfe 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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Metcalfe Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky vs } Indictment John B Cassady

The grand jury of Metcalfe County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John B Cassady of the crime of forgery & altering a receipt committed as follows to wit: The said John B Cassady on the 1st day of December 1865 in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully change & alter a receipt which he had in his possession, executed by Geo. A Clark, dated the 23rd day of August 1865 in this -- said receipt was given for five hundred dollars, and said Cassady then & there erased & changed the word five to the word six by erasing the letters (ve) & inserting the letter (x) & by interlining the character '&' and also the word (eighty) by which, said receipt was changed from a receipt for $500.00 to a receipt for $680.00 which interlineation by said Cassady of said receipt was done by him with the intent to defraud, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Jas. Garnett attorney for the Commonwealth pro. tem.

A copy Att. R H Young Clk

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Commonwealth vs } Copy Indictment for Forgery. John B Cassady