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Commonwealth of Kentucky vs HW Moulder
Commonwealth vs Moulder for Profanity
Filed 18 October 1839
Processed 21 November
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 HW Moulder of said County yeoman on the 10th day of October in the year 1839 towit at the county and Circuit aforesaid did then and there curse & swear the following wicked profane oath, viz; “By God” 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 John Shaw & Gray Stone |
John Shaw Foreman |
Warrant:
The Commonwealth of Kentucky:
To the Sheriff of Hickman County, Greeting:
We
command you to summon HW Moulder 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 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 John Shaw 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 HW Moulder January 31, 1840
Executed on John Shaw January 22, 1840
Executed on Gray Stone February 20, 1840
LD Stephens, DS for
W Holeman