Petition

William P. Moore to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG17-119
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0180
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FTP Identifier
32208590

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Dates
1860-10-27
1860-11-23
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Citation

William P. Moore to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-0180 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency B Magoffin
Governor of the Comth of Ky

Your Petitioner would respectfully represent that he was fined for a breach of the pece before A Crocket Esqr thirty dollars on the 27 day of october 1860 the facts are as follows there was an old Judge and upon the settlement there was a little cursing but no licks passed by either party and a packed Jury fined your Petitioner $30 — wherefor he askes your Excellency to remit Said fine

William P Moore

the undersigned would respectfully aske that your Excellency remit the above fine as we state that Mr Moore is a Quiet peacible man and never has a fuss with any person

E A W. Roberts
M Joyce
Dennis D Hallan
Patrick Cunningham
Ansen Dawson

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Franklin
J P
Wm Moore
vs } Petition
commonwealth


Respite 6 mos
B. M
$30 } breach of the Peace
IssdNov 23 1860