James McCampbell to Beriah Magoffin

Accession Number

KYR-0001-020-0371

Document Genre

Petition

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG18-69 to MG18-70

Place of Creation

Jessamine County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1859-09

1859-12-08

1860-03

To his Excellency Beriah MaGoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner James H M^cCampbell would respectfully represent that at the September term of the Jessamine Circuit Court 1859 he was indicted by the grand jury of Jessamine County for betting on the election of Congressmaen in the 8^th Congressional District between W^m E Sims and J M Harlan, ~~which said~~ upon which an~~Indictment~~ Bench warrant was issued on the 8^th Dec 1859 returnable to the March Term of said Court 1860 —

Your petitioner would represent that he is a law abiding man and has never before been indicted for any violation of law — wherefore he would pray your Excellency to exercise the power wisely vested in you by the Constitution, to release him from said Indictment and the fine thereunder — and will ever pray &^c

Jas H M^cCampbell

The undersigned citizens of Jessamine County would most earnestly and respectfully join in the prayer of the foregoing petition —

W^m H Daniel
J B Cook
Jno Metcalf
W Clarke
J. G. Wilmore
A L M^cAfee

Geo. J. Campbell
M. T. Lowry clk. J. c. c.
Tho^s B,, Crutcher
S. Noland
P. H. Smith
J H W R Welch
W. Dickerson
Johns McCabe
S. S. Mizner

M^cCampbells case
Betting
no judgmt

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