Commonwealth of Kentucky v. German May, Transcript

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KYR-0001-020-1500

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Legal/Financial

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG22-95 to MG22-96

Place of Creation

Boyd County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

1 May 1862

Dates Mentioned

1861-01-01

--05-08

1861-10-19

1861-05-08

1861-08-15

1862-05-01

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. German May, Transcript, 1 May 1862, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG22-95 to MG22-96, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-1500, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Boyd Circuit Court
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
against } Indictment
German May

The Grand Jury of Boyd County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse German May of the offense of Keeping a Tippling House committed as follows to-wit: The said German May on the 1^st day of January 1861 in the County and Circuit aforesaid and divers days before & since Kept a Tippling House Against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky
To the Sheriff of Boyd County Greeting

You are commanded to summon John Hammond & William Gaurd to appear before the Boyd Circuit Court at the Court House thereof in the town of Catlettsburg on the 1^st day of its next October term to testify in behalf of the plaintiff in a certain action in said Court between the Commonwealth of Ky Plaintiff -- German May Defendant -- See that you make due service and return hereof according law.

Witness James W Riely Clerk of said Court this 8^th day of May

J W Riely C B C C

~~Indicted~~Executed in full this Oct the 19^th 1861

J H Eastham S B C

Boyd Circuit Court

The Commonwealth of Kentucky to any sheriff of ~~Boyd~~ Coroner Jailer Constable Marshall or Policeman in this State: You are hereby commanded to summon German May to appear in the Boyd Circuit Court on the 1^st day of it next October Term to answer an Indictment for Keeping a Tippling House found against him in that Court

Given under my hand as Clerk of Said Court this 8^th day of May 1861

J W Riely C B C C

Executed on German May on the 15^th day of August 1861 by reading to him the within

J H Eastham S, B, C,

The Commonwealth
against } Keeping Tippling House
German May

This day came the attorney for the Comw'lth and the defendant failing to appear thereupon came a Jury to-wit -- Eli White. ~~Eli Gard~~. W^m Gard. W. M. Patton, Thos Sargent, S S McBrayer. T N Pitts, Harvey Kinner Aaron Davis, George M Fuller, J R McBrayer, J N Hensly R C Poage, who after having been elected tried & sworn to well and truly try the issue joined upon their oaths returned the following verdict "Verdict", We the jury find the defendant guilty, It is therefore adjudged by the Court that the defendant make his fine to the Commonwealth of Kentucky by the payment of Sixty Dollars and her Costs herein expended.

State of Kentucky
Boyd. County. } Sct.

I, James W. Riely Clerk of the Circuit Court of Boyd County Ky, do certify that the foregoing transcript of the record & proceedings of the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against German May. is a true copy taken from said Court.

Given under my hand this 1^st day of May 1862.

James W Riely C. B. C. C.

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