Bully Pitt – Indicted by Grand Jury for Grand Larceny – Stealing
Today I went through all 187 court cases in the Historic Missouri Judicial Collection looking for Bully Pitt in Platte County. This case (also attached) was interesting because storekeeper William Carpenter brought criminal charges against Bully Pitt & Co. Bully Pitt & Co. were Confederate sympathizing bushwhackers and on Sept. 1, 1861, they raided Carpenter’s store to supply their troops. Carpenter waited until after the Civil War ended to bring the criminal charges — and filed on Sept. 12,1865!!! Gutsy!!! Note also William Kuykendall, who avoided being executed on Dec. 17, 1861, at the…