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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-0001-004-3019 BR43-127

Garrard County, Kentucky Garrard 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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Garrard Cicruit The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against William Palmer

The grand Jury of Garrard County in the name of the & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse William Palmer of the Crime of Shooting with intent to Kill Committed as follows the Said William Palmer did on the 27 day of October 1865 in the County aforesaid unlawfully feloniously and maliciously Shoot & wound with a gun loaded with leaden ball or other hard Substance one John Higganbotham on the farm of William Higganbotham with intent to kill of which wounding Said Higginbotham did not die Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

M H Ausley Attorney for the Commonwealth

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Commonwealth Inditement vs Wm Palmer