Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alanson Trigg, Transcript

KYR-0001-004-0637.xml

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KYR-0001-004-0637

Document Genre

Legal/Financial

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867

Item Location

BR9-507

Place of Creation

Warren County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

5 April 1864

Dates Mentioned

1863-09-19

1864-02

1864-04-05

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alanson Trigg, Transcript, 5 April 1864, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR9-507, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0637, (accessed December 27, 2024).

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[...]arren Equity & Criminal Court
[...]he Commonwealth of Kentucky
against
Alanson Trigg

The Grand Jury of Warren County in the name and by the authority of the Comwlth of Kentucky accuse Alanson Trigg of the Offense of suffering licensing and permitting his Slaves, to go at large and trade as free men, Committed as follows to wit -- The said Trigg heretofore towit on the [ ] day of [ ] in the County aforesaid did unlawfully licinse & permit his negro man Slaves Jerry & Beverly to go at large and trade as freemen.

They further charge that said Trigg on the day aforesaid in said County did unlawfully permit said slaves to go at large and hire themselves out for their Own benefit against the peace and dignity of said commonwealth --

W B Jones atty for the Comwlth

Information of
Jno Pettey
Wm J Hendrick
R W Hendrick
John Ewing
Wm Lothridge
Benj Shirley

"Endorsed" ~~Filed~~A True bill S S Jones foreman
Filed in Open Court 19^th August 1863 L L Cooke CWCC

State of Kentucky
Warren Equity & Criminal Court Feby term 1864
The Commonwealth of Kenty
against Indictment for Licensing his Slaves &c
Alanson Trigg

This day comes the Attorney for the Commonwealth and the defendant by his Attorney who plead not guilty and therefore came the following Jury towit John Barnett Benj Ward Harden Perkins J B Hagerman W H Crabb Hiram Newton Noel Sweeney Vincent Combs Wm H Tayler Woodford Miller W C Valentine & John Tygert who were elected tried and sworn and who having heard the evidence returned the following Verdict towit "We of the Jury find the defendant A Triff guilty of the Offense herein charged as to both the slaves Jerry & Beverly- Harden Perkins foreman -- It is therefore adjudged by the court that the defendant Alanson Trigg make his fine to the Commonwealth by the payment of Eighty Dollars and the cost herein and may be taken &c.

State of Kentucky
Warren County Sct

The undersigned clerk of the Warren Circuit Court certify that the foregoing as a true copy of the Indictment [...]nd Judgment thereon as former in any office [...]in under my hand this 5^th April 1864

L L Cooke

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