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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0350 MG18-41

Nelson County, Kentucky Nelson County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English 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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Nelson Circuit Court,, The Commth. of Kentucky,, against John B. Wilkerson,,

The Grand Jury of Nelson County in the name and by the Authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse John B. Wilkerson of the Crime of maliciously and wilfully shooting and wounding with intent to Kill, committed as follows: the Said John B Wilkerson on the 1st day of March 1858 in the County aforesaid did willfully maliciously and feloniously Shoot at and wound with intent to Kill one Electins Adams with a pistol loaded with powder and a leaden ballsullitts without Killing Said Electins Adams against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky --

Andy Barnett atty for the Commonwealth

Upon which indictment, the following verdict was rendered,, "We of the Jury find the defendant John B Wilkerson not guilty of the malicious Shooting & wounding as charged in the within indictment, but we find him guilty of shooting & wounding E. Adams in sudden heat without previous malice and not in self defense and in consequence thereof do fix his punishment at a fine of Fifty Dollars and Six months Confinement in the County Jail

Fr Realmear one of the Jury

A Copy att Wm Murphy ClK By Wm Laughlin D C