Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-02 | Page 11 | Once Convicts in Kentucky Were Branded

ONCE CONVICTS IN KENTUCKY WERE BRANDED Kl ICI Jan BY 1 l EyThe Th The Associated Pre Press Prees PersOns convicted of o felony were wore liable to being branded as u a punishment It ItIs Itis ItIs Is revealed In the early records of 01 othe the Ulo Fayette county circuit court The Tho first drat victim of ot this form torm orm of punishment was a 0 preacher named FrAncis Barrett Darrett who was wa convicted val val- valued val valued of 01 stealing ono one mans man's sad saddle at sIx all pounds pound Ho pleaded not nOI guilty but upon conviction the tho court sentenced him him- to be be burned In the hand which being done dOllo In inthe Inthe the presence of ot the tho court he lie le Is therefore discharged from cue cus cus- cus custod custody tod tody The sentence was wu carried out outMarch tArch 21 1798 1788 and at the Ilia same terns term of court Henry Clay was ad- ad admitted admitted to the bar when the follow follow- followIng following ing IlIg order was was entered HenryClay Clay esquire produced In In court Ii a to practice as an attorney attorney- law at at law at-law w In this court and thereupon license and on hi his motion Is perr per per- per took the tho several oaths of ot law pre pre- pre prescribed scribed