E. W. Coleman et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-020-2193

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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

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MG24-313

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Independence, Kenton County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

E. W. Coleman et al. to Beriah Magoffin, n.d., Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG24-313, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-2193, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Kenton Circuit Court at Independence
To His Excellency
B M^cGoffin Gov. of Ky

We the jury who tried the case of the commonwealth against John Weisenberger tried at the present term of said court & found guilty of permitting Gameing on his premises and fined $200 Believe from the circumstances surrounding his case that it is one in which Executive Clemency may be with great propriety interposed and so much of the fine as your Excellency has controll over be remitted -- We further State that Said Weisenberger is a german and speaks our language but imperfectly We reccommend the case of Sd Weisenberger to your Excellencys consideration --

E, W Coleman Juror
P B. Stephens
M T Lamb
Dudley Petty
T. Webster
Martin Richardson..
Arthur Bird

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