Stephen Schwind et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-020-1158

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Petition

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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

MG20-312

Place of Creation

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

12 June 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-06-12

1861-06

1861-07-18

Stephen Schwind et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 12 June 1861, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG20-312, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-1158, (accessed October 31, 2024).

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Louisville Kentucky
June 12^th 1861
His Excellency
B Magoffin Gov^r of Kentucky

The undersigned petitioners Joseph Valke, Jacob Darnis, Jacob Schloeterer, Herman Kochler, Francis Graff & Louis Weyd, Joseph Bosser, Peter Sinden, Micheal Smith, George Devill, John Fisher Steven Schwind John Wahle and John Sentz, would most respectfully state that at the June term 1861 of the city court of Louisville, they were Each fined Twenty Dollars for once Selling liquor without license, they state that they have kept coffee houses in said City for a number of years, that they have always paid their license for the Same, that it is almost impossible to Collect Money now in Said City, that a few days Elapsed between the Experation of their old license and their renewel, that the delay was not occasioned by any desire on their part to injure the City in her reveneus, but because they could not get the money Sooner to pay their license, they trust that in view of the facts of the case Your Excellency will grant to Each of the -- undersigned, a seperateremission of Said fine,

Stephen Schwind
John Wahle
John Fisher

Joseph Valke
Jacob Darnis
Jacob Schloeterer
Herman Kochler
Graff & Wryd
Joseph Bosser
Peter Sinden
Micheal Smith
George Devill
John Sintz
Steven

We the undersigned Citizens of Louisville unite with the within petitioners in asking your Excellency to remit Said fines -- believing theirs a Case that Calls for Executive Clemency

W Clark. Price
I. W. Allen D. C
W. J. Ward
H. S. Johnston D. M
F. B. Jones D M
W^m Shryock D clk
L Beckman
J. Carl Johnston

The Statements contained in the foregoing petition are true, ^some of^ the parties paid their license before trial- and the balance after trial. Their License were dated back to the time when their orginal license Expired & the City has lost no time. We Join with petitioners & ask for a remission of their fines

W G Reasor- City Atto.
Geo. W. Johnston

Send to Care of W. C. Price

Remitted
B. M

Louisville City Ct
$20 } Gaming
Iss Valke & others.
July 18. 1861

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