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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-0001-004-2970 BR43-53

McCracken County, Kentucky McCracken County, Kentucky 1863-04-23 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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McCracken Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky against Wm Dent, G Brown W D C Johnson

The Grand Jury of McCracken county the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Wm Dent, G Brown & W D C Johnson of the offense of assault & Battery committed as follows viz The said Dent Brown & Johnson did on the 15th day of April 1863, in the county aforesaid, maliciously assaulted, beat, Maltreated & scandalously & cruelly abused Wm H Bristow against the Peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P D Yeiser Commonwealths attorney for 1st Judicial District

Witnesses Wm H Bristow J H Rollins Wils Foster Erik Rollins Wm Duchey J S Potter

A Copy -- attest B Small C M c c

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McCracken Court

If this be true then "truth is stranger than fiction"

Refused

Comlth vs } A & B Wm Dent & others

A true bill N Stanley Foreman

Filed 23d April 1863

(A copy)