Oliver P. Morton, Agent, John W. Barker

Accession Number

KYR-0001-022-0013

Document Genre

Commission/Appointment

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1859-1861

Item Location

MG7-179 to MG7-180

Place of Creation

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Date of Creation

4 July 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-07-24

AGENT'S APPOINTMENT TO RECEIVE A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.

IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA.

I, Oliver P. Morton
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF INDIANA.
To all who shall see these Presents—Greeting.

Know Ye, That reposing especial trust and confidence in the integrity, diligence, and ability of John W. Barker I do hereby appoint him Agent on the part of this State to proceed to the State of Kentucky for the purpose of demanding and receiving from the proper authorities of said State, Frank Smith a Fugitive from Justice from the State of Indiana, charged with the crime of Grand Larceny and I do hereby authorize and direct the said John W. Barker to demand and receive the said Fugitive, and bring him to this State, and deliver him to the custody of the Sheriff of the County of Clark in said state of Indiana

"The State will pay no part of the expenses of the execution of this Writ."

{Seal}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, at the City of Indianapolis this Twenty Fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=one, the Forty Sixth year of the State, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty Sixth

BY THE GOVERNOR,
Oliver P. Morton

W. A. Peelle Secretary of State.

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