Clay County, Kentucky: Bowling Submitted by: Nell Dwyer: NDwyer@aol.com **************************************************************************** September 3,1853 (pg 174) Commonwealth VS Blevins Bowling INDICT The prisoner was brought to this ------ in custody ------- and the jury ---------- and sworn in yesterday returned into court and after completing the testimony and the argument of ------- Both for and against the prisoner. The jury after due deliberation thereon returning into court their verdict to wit: We, of the jury, find the deft Blevins Bowling guilty of the charge of manslaughter as contained? In the -------- indictment and further find that he be confined in the jail and Penitentiary house of the Commonwealth for the full period and term of ten years. Signed Joshua Whitehead One? Jury The prisoner was remanded to jail there to await the judgment of the court. September 6, 1853 Commonwealth VS Blevins Bowling This day came the attorney for the Commonwealth and the prisoner being brought to the bar? And a jury? Demanded of him whether he had anything further to say why sentence should not now be pronounced against him according to the verdict of the -------- who nothing further says. It is considered by the court that the prisoner be confined in the jail and penitentiary house of the Commonwealth to hard labor for the space of two years. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.