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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-0001-004-3027 BR43-136

Graves County, Kentucky Graves County, Kentucky 1863-05-23 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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State of Kentucky County of Graves } SS. Graves Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against J. H Husbands.

The grand Jury of Graves County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse J H Husbands of the crime of robbery committed as follows to wit The said J H Husbands did on the 18th day of May 1863 in the County aforesaid go in company with a band of lawless desperadoes and co-adjutors who are unknown to the grand Jury to the dwelling House of K Basford and feloniously took & carried away a gun worth twenty Dollars and a pistol worth fifteen dollars the personal property of K Basford from he presence of Mrs Minerva Basford the wife, & Miss Lucy Ann Basford the daughter of the said K Basford the said wife & daughter being at the time the legally & authorized custodians of the said property. Against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

P.D. Yeiser Commonwealth attorney for 1 Judical District

Witness Miss Lucy Ann Basford Mrs minerva Basford & K Basford

Endorsed. Bail is fixed on this indictment at

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Five Hundred dollars C. S. Marshall

A true Bill H. S. Anderson, foreman

Filed May 23d 1863 W A Turner c g c c

A Copy attest W A Turner c g c c

Commlth vs } Robbery J. H Husbands (Copy)