Beriah Magoffin, Pardon
1860-11-30
- Date of Creation
- November 30, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- MG17-166 to MG17-167
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0210
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208620
Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Pardon, 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-0001-020-0210 (November 12, 2026).
Beriah Magoffin.
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
WHEREAS, judgment has been rendered by the Anderson Circuit Court for $100 against John Murray
AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of said John Murray presents strong considerations for the interposition and indulgence of the Executive:
Now, Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I have thought proper to REMIT, and do, by these presents, remit Said judgment except fees and costs and do hereby forever acquit, release, and discharge said John Murray from the same, enjoining all officers to respect this REMISSION, and govern themselves accordingly.
{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at FRANKFORT, the
BY THE GOVERNOR:
B. Magoffin
Tho B. Monroe Jr, Secretary of State.
By Jas W. Tate Asst: Secy:
"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.
- Pardons, Remissions, or Respites
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