<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Lewis, Elijah Mercer, John Gaines, James Godsey, Allen Moore, James Moore James McIntosh, S. R. Begley, James Gaines Geo. W. Houk, Danl. Smith, John Key, Andrew Combs, Milton Combs, & Andrew Robin, Indictment

<title type="main">Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Lewis, Elijah Mercer, John Gaines, James Godsey, Allen Moore, James Moore James McIntosh, S. R. Begley, James Gaines Geo. W. Houk, Danl. Smith, John Key, Andrew Combs, Milton Combs, & Andrew Robin, Indictment Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 2 edits between June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

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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-0001-004-3219 BR42-1

Perry County, Kentucky Perry 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.

Perry Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky agst Indict James Lewis, Elijah Mercer, John Gaines, James Godsey, Allen Moore, James Moore James McIntosh, S. R. Begley, James Gaines Geo. W. Houk, Danl. Smith, John Key, Andrew Combs, Milton Combs, Andrew Robin

The Grand Jury of Perry County in the name and by the authority of the Comlth of Kentucky accuse James Lewis &c of the Crime of Murder, Committed as follows the said James Lewis &c did in the County aforesaid on the 10th of Oct 1865, wilfully & with Malice aforethought kill & Murder, Garlin Combs, (alias Henry Combs) by shooting Him with Guns & Pistols against the peace & dignity of the Comlth of Kentucky

H. F. Fanler Comlth atty

Witness Peter Whitaker &c

A Copy attest, James Gaim

Comlth agt } Indict G. W. Houk &c

Killing Henry Combs