Petition

Samuel Howard et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Covington, Kenton 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
MG18-58 to MG18-59
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0363
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FTP Identifier
32208771

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Samuel Howard et al. 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-0001-020-0363 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Your Petitioners Jurors and other citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, who were present in Court on the trial of George W. Cushman in Covington under a charge of stealing a Horse and buggy from George M. M. Linn of covington, state that the conviction was had upon a plea of "guilty" on the part of the prisoner. They state that the circumstances of the case as devoloped on the trial and by the entire conduct of the prisoner, were and are such as in their opinion render the case one peculiarly calling for executive clemency. That Cushmans previous life is represented as having been unexceptionally honest, and that this appears to have been his only offence.

Saml Howard Juror
W B Landram "
J D Rees "
H T Buckner "
L, F, Armstrong "

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Jm Fisher Juror
Robert [Horne] "
Robert M Brothers "
Nicholas Mohan "
H. Crout "
J B Wasson "
R L Steers
H D, Stratton
Israel Foster
James D Polly
H G Sargent
John Radefer
Benjam C Polley
Robert Donham
Gustavus Fisher
Jackson Sparrow
J. C. Porter
John R, Stewarts
B, F, Hieatt

If the information which I have received, and on which I implicitly rely, is correct, Cushman ought in my opinion to be pardoned immediately

J. A Goodson