No, I haven't did research in Dubois County, I just got the parole papers
yesterday that mentioned Dubois County. K Hembree
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From: Julie Strejc <AuntJul(a)prodigy.net>
To: INDUBOIS-L(a)rootsweb.com <INDUBOIS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [INDUBOIS] Court Case
K. Hembree,
Have you checked with Rosemary Stewart at the Dubois Co., Courthouse? She
should be able to direct you.
Julie
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From: Bargerhuff Hembree <philly(a)netusa1.net>
To: <INDUBOIS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: [INDUBOIS] Court Case
> I'm searching for a court case of my descendants Hugh & John
Murphy/Murphey.
> Both were sent to prison for manslaughter in 1858 at Jeffersonville,
Clark
> Co, IN. The prison records gives no information on the actual
court case;
> only that it was for manslaughter and they were both received at the
Indiana
> Prison South
> on December 7, 1858. The crime for both was Manslaughter. The County of
> conviction for both was Owen County. Hugh was pardoned June 1, 1864 and
John
> was discharged January 30, 1868. I don't have the date/year of the
> manslaughter charge or court case, only that they went to prison in 1858.
> The crime may have taken place before 1858. Owen County has no record of
> this case! My reason for looking in Dubois County is that today, I
> received Pardon Documents for Hugh Murphy from the Indiana State
Archives
> which say the manslaughter case was in Dubois Circuit Court.
Perhaps this
is
> why we couldn't find a record of the trial in Owen County. I would like
to
> know what the manslaughter charge was about. After being pardoned, both
Hugh
> & John Murphy returned to their families in Owen County. Can anyone help
me
> with info on a manslaughter or possibly a trial or court case that may
have
> occurred in Dubois County in 1858 or before; with Hugh and John Murphy?
> Thanks, K Hembree
>