Petition

David H. Johnson to Beriah Magoffin

1860-11-30

Date of Creation
November 30, 1860
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
MG17-151
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0201
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FTP Identifier
32208611

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Dates
1860
1860-11-30
1860-11-30
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David H. Johnson to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-11-30, 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-0001-020-0201 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin Esq Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitioner would — Respectfully represent that he was fined on the [...] day of [...]1860 he was tried and find before Esq A. Crockett for a Breach of the peace ten dollars. the circumstances is as follows this Petitioner was in company with Wm Moore and a Settlement about an old matter Came up and then was a Quarel and — Dispute insued and no fight or Lick passed and this Petitioner was fined as above when he only acted as meidator to Settle the Difficulty he makes this a part of his petition heretofor filed for the remittence of his imprisonement and prays that you will remit his fine as above stated. David H. Johnson

Sworn to before me by D H Johnson this 30th day of Nov 1860

we respectifully ask that your Excellency remit the above fine as we think it is meritorious

E, A, W, Roberts
M Joyce
Francis McQuillen
John Glore
Jno Sullinger. Jr
G. W. Pifer
Patrick Cunningham

John clark
[E reid] Deinway[...]
M Scott

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Commonwealth
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David H Johnson

Respite 12 mos
B. M
$10. } breach of the peace
IssdNov 30. 1860