W. W. Cleary to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-020-0633

Document Genre

Correspondence

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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

Item Location

MG18-471 to MG18-472

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

8 February 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-02-08

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1861-02-09

W. W. Cleary to Beriah Magoffin, 8 February 1861, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG18-471 to MG18-472, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0633, (accessed January 9, 2025).

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Frankfort Ky
Feby 8^th 1861
His Excellency Gov Magoffin,
Dear Sir --

I have been requested by M^r Henry J Righter of Harrison County, to address you a petition praying for a remission of a fine of $50.⁰⁰ inflicted upon him at the last Nov Term of the Harrison Circuit Court upon an Indictment for carrying concealed Weapons, -- I was the Attorney for M^r Righter in the case, and will make a brief statement of, the facts proved in on the trial. It was proved that some time in September -- Righter and a man named Smith had on ^a sudden^ altercation and an affray at Colemansville -- in which Righter used a pistol -- they were tried and fined Righter $25 and Smith $20 -- It was proved that Righter was a peaceable young man not in the habit of carrying weapons -- and happened to have a weapon on that occasion, from the fact that he had just returned from Virginia where he had been on a trip, to sell Horses. He had carried a weapon on that trip for the purpose of protecting and defending his life and property -- and that his home was not at Colemansville -- but near Cynthiana. He had not been to his home, since
his return from Virginia, but had just stopped for a day or two, to visit his uncle near Colemansville -- The Circuit Judge thought, and correctly, that these facts could not under the law, be given in justification -- but they were before the Jury, and though they were compelled to fine, they placed it at the lowest amount they were authorized to under the law,

I hope your Excellency, will extend clemency to this young man, satisfied as I am, that he never designed to violate the law, and that as he is a young man of slender means, and of good character for peace and order

Yrs very Respectfully
W. W. Cleary

Harrison Cir. Ct
Henry J Righter's
Petition

Remitted
B. M.
$50 } Weapons
Iss^dFeby 9 1861

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