Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Flora and George Herendon, Indictment

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KYR-0001-005-0081

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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867

Item Location

BR7-131 to BR7-132

Place of Creation

Campbell County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1865-08

1865-08-25

1865-08-28

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. John W. Flora and George Herendon, Indictment, n.d., Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867, BR7-131 to BR7-132, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-005-0081, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Campbell Circuit Court
The Com"mth of Kentucky Plaintiff
Against } Indictment for refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter
John W Flora & George Herendon Defendants

The Grand Jury of Campbell County, in the name and by the authority ^ty^ of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse John W Flora & Geo Herendon of the offense of refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter, Committed as follows, viz; The said John W Flora and George Herendon on the [ ] day of August, 1865, and on divers other days and times, before and Since that time, and before the finding of this Indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, Being officers of an Election ~~S[...]~~ then & there held at the Carthage Precinct in Said County under the Constitution and laws of
the State aforesaid, for the Election of a Member of the Congress of the United States for the Sixth Congressional District of Ky, a State Treasurer,, a Senator from the 25th Senatorial District of Said State, Two Members of the General assembly for the County aforesaid, and a clerk of the Circuit Court for the county aforesaid; The Said Flora being ^then & there^ a Judge of Said Election, and the Said Herendon being then & there the Sheriff of said Election, and Severall acting as Such, at the time and place aforesaid having been duly appointed and qualified as Said Judge & Sheriff, The Jury aforesaid in the name and by the authority aforesaid, do further Say that at the Election aforesaid, and for the purpose aforesaid, at the Precinct and County aforesaid on the on the day and year aforesaid W. H. Young a qualified voter of said Precinct and County, did then & there appear at the Polls, before
the Judges, Sheriff & Clerk of the Said Election between the hours of Seven Oclock A, M, and Six Oclock P, M,, and then & there did offer to vote; Whereupon the Said John W Flora and Geo Herendon as Judge and Sheriff of Said Election, Respectively Knowingly and Corruptly refuse to receive the vote of ~~a qualified voter~~= "the Said W. H. Young, Contrary to the Statute in Such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Witnesses
W. H. Young
Jno J Nelson

R, B, Carpenter
Commonwealths Attorney

A Copy
Attest Benj Beall clk
Campbell Circuit Court

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The Commonwealth
Against
John W Flora & Geo Herendon

Indictment for refusing to receive the vote of a qualified voter

A True Bill
G. W. Carmack
Foreman

Filed 25 Aug 1865
B. W iss^d aug 28 "

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