<title type="main">Allen Wilhoit and Lucinda Wilhoit, Deposition

Examination of Allen Wilhoit Made at his house, Boone County Ky Sept 10t 1861

Question 1st Did you examine. James Landrum, at your house, on the morning of the 9t Jan 1858, and take from his pocket book Eighteen dollars & 40 cents,

Answer He was searched here, but I do not remember the day and the moth, about that amount was taken from his pocket book

Question 2nd The said sak Sasherswore on the 21st day of Feb of the same year in his complaint before a Justice of the peace in Boone County that said. Landrum, had stolin and Carried away from your house the above named amount, now did you not, on the morning of the 9th day of Jan above named give up to said Sasher the Eighteen dollars & forty cents, which you took from Landrum, in presence of Landrum & others

Answer I think that Landrum gave the money up to Sasher & go out and told me to go out to Sasher & compromise the matter with him, by giving him up part of the money and if he would not do that, to give him all

3rd Question At the examination held before the Justices did you not hear Sasher Swear, that

on the day of the night the said Sasher in which he allegdged that he was robbed by said Landrum he the said Sasher left Covington, and had on his person but $300 or $3,25, and if so did not Sasher make the statement under oath, did you not hear the Counsel in the pleadings make this statement, as having ashas been sworn to before by the said Sasher, without denial or objection, on the part of Sasher or his Counsel and if you did hear this, how could you subsequently go before the Grand jury, and aid in procuring and indictment against said Landrum for stealing $18,40 from a man who admitted under oath that he had in his possession but $300 or $3,40

Answer, I was not present at the time or in the room at the time that Sasher gave his evidence, but I heard shasher. say the amt and kind of money he had lost, at at the examination of Landrum that Amount was found, and in the kind of money that Sasher claimed to have lost

4t Question Are you not a strong personal eney enemy of Grubbs', and have you some verry Slanderous & villainous charge against his character in the presence of Moses Rice, Kennett& others?

6th Question. Are you not an avowed personal enemy of the said Grubbs'.? Ans, I am no eneymy enemy to him, I am no enemy to anny one,

7 Ques. Did you see anyone, and if so whom, give to Sasher, on the morning of the search the $18.40

Ans, No I did not see any one give him the money

Lucinda Willhoit

Mr Haggerty

Dr Sir: Please see to it that at the examination Mrs & Mr Willhoit be not present at each others examinations as this is not a civil case

Yours Wm Grubbs.

This may certify that I Albert Stephens a justice of the peace for Boone County had the foregoing questions propounded. to the above subscribed Lucinda Wilhoit, after having swore her to answer truly such questions as might be propounded to her, and her answers were reduced to writing in my presence and signed by her As witness my hand this 10th day of September 1861

Albert Stephens J P B C

Examination of Mrs. Wilhoit

1st Question Did James Landrum give you his pocket book on the morning of the 9th of January 1858, which it is alleged contained the money that the said Landrum was accused of stealing from William Sasher on the preceeding night? Ans He never gave it me?

2nd Question Did the said Landrum on handing you the pocket-book request you to give the money alleged to have been stolin to the said Sasher and to say to him that he the said Landrum took it when he was drunk and did not know at the time what he was doing? I never heard that said

3rd Question Were not somesuchdeclarationsas thoese madeby you tolawyersArmstrongorRankins

4th Question Were not some such declarations as the above made by you, and were they not made for the purpose of having, them reported to the accused Landrum with the intent to intimidate him, and drive him off, hereby causing him to forfeit his bail, and for the express purpose of compelling his surities to suffer? Ans, No,

5th Question. Did you never express to some of your female neighbors the wish that the accused Landrum would run off, so that his surety Grubbs would have his bail to pay as he was the only responsible one of said Landrum's Surities? Ans I do not recollect that I ever expressed any wish about it