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Commonwealth of Kentucky vs W Madox
Charges:
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Hickman County and Circuit, Set:
The
GRAND JURORS, duly empanelled, sworn, and charged to enquire for said
Commonwealth, and the body of the County aforesaid
at the October term of the
Hickman Circuit Court in the year 1839 upon their oaths present that oath W Madox of said County yeoman
on the 15th day of October in the year
1839 towit at the county and Circuit aforesaid did then and there curse &
swear the four following
wicked & profane
oath, viz; “By God, God Damn God Damn”
contrary to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity of said Commonwealth.
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Information Given by Gray Stone farmer on the Grand Jury, and James Samuel, not of the Grand Jury, residing in Hickman County |
John Shaw Foreman |
Warrant:
The Commonwealth of Kentucky:
To the Sheriff of Hickman County, Greeting:
We
command you to summon W Madox to appear before the Judge of Hickman Circuit
Court, at the Court-House in the town of
Clinton on the first day of the April
term, to answer a certain Presentment of the Grand Jury, against him at the
October term, 1839
for Profanity swearing against the peace and dignity of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky; and have then and there this writ. Witness
WHH Taylor
Clerk of our said Court, at the Court-House aforesaid this 21 day of November
1839 and in the 48 year of the Commonwealth. WHH Taylor.
You
are likewise commanded to summon James Samuel and and Gray Stone to appear at
the time and place aforesaid, as witness
on behalf of the Commonwealth in said
case. WHH Taylor
Executed on W Madox January 21, 1840
Executed on Gray Stone January 20, 1840
LD Stephens, DS for
W Holeman