Petition

John T. Sebree to Beriah Magoffin

1860

Date of Creation
1860
Place of Creation
Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Petition
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG17-64
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0143
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FTP Identifier
32208553

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Dates
1860-10
1860-11-13
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John T. Sebree to Beriah Magoffin, 1860, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0143 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellency B MaGoffin Govr of Kentucky

Your Petitioner John Sebree represents that at the Octr term 1860 of the Franklin Circuit Court he was fined Thirty dollars for a misdemeanor in Committing an assault upon one Hudson

He States that he Committed no injury upon the person of Hudson whatever and being poor he prays Your Excellency to remit Said fine

John T Sebree

P. U. Major Respectfully represents to his Ex'cy that the circumstances in this case are such that it appeals strongly to executive clemency, and he accordingly recommends that said judgt be remitted

P. U. Major comths Atty

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Franklin Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M.
$30 } Misdemeanor
John Sebree
IssdNov 13. 1860