George M. Thomas et al. to James F. Robinson

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KYR-0001-029-0381

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Petition

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863

Item Location

R4-117 to R4-118

Place of Creation

Greenup County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

--05

1863-05

1863-05-12

1863-05-16

George M. Thomas et al. to James F. Robinson, n.d., Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, R4-117 to R4-118, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0381, (accessed October 31, 2024).

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To His Excellency Jas. F. Robinson Governor of Kentucky

The Undersigned members of the Bar of the Greenup Circuit Court respectfully and earnestly recommend to your Excellency to pardon Charles Freeman who has been convicted of Larceny at the present May Term of the Greenup Circuit Court. They will not minutely detail the circumstances of the case, but they are such as strongly appeal to Executive clemency, so strongly that the Jury in their verdict unanimously recommended his pardon.

Respectfully

Geo M Thomas
Comths atto 10^th Dist
E. C. Phister
Jesse Corum

L D Ross
Tho^s J. Throop
Geo, E, Roe
Jeremiah Davidson,
John F. Rate.

I think Freeman ought to be pardoned -- He is a young man, with a young, interesting and respectable wife. From what I have learned of his character, he is not a man of crime. No public interest would be subserved by his confinement in the Penitentiary -- and I concur with the Jury & atto for Commonwealth that he is a proper subject for Executive Clemency -- I am not attoney, nor otherwise interested in the matter --

Respectfully yours
W. C. Ireland

State of Kentucky
Greenup Circuit Court
May Term 1863.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff
against } Indictment for Larceny
Charles Freeman Defendant

I certify that the followin is a true copy of the verdict in this cause,

"We the Jury find the defendant Charles Freeman guilty and find his term of service in the state prison one year, and recommend him to the mercy of the Governor"

Attest
William Corum clerk

Greenupsburg May 12^th/63
To His Ex^l James F Robinson
Govenor of Ky

Dr Sir On this Sheet is the verdict of a Jury in the case stated their unanimous recommendation of the party to your Excellency as an appropriate case for Executive Clemency. Also the Recommendation of Geo M. Thomas the Commowlths attony. And all the Bar. all Soliciting an immediate pardon of Freeman.

Allow me as Judge of this circuit most respectfully to call your attention to this application, as are entirely and certainlyworthy of Executive Clemency. I am very sure that there exists in this case many.
strong grounds of extenuation, and such as marks it as appropriate for you to interpose. by granting him an immediate pardon. and restoring him to a deeply afflected and meritorious young wife & child. I therefore [...] that your Excellency will take immediate action as it will save costs and trouble of Laws [...] him to Frankfort. should you conclude to grant this application and return your pardon to this place directed Will Corum clerk of this court.

Your friend
L. W. Andrews.

Greenup Cir Ct
Pardon granted
J F Robinson
Cha^s Freeman
Larceny
Send to Will. Carnum
Clerk of Greenup Cir. Court
1 yr Penty
Iss^dMay 16. 1863

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