S. Lusk, Affidavit
- Place of Creation
- Garrard 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
- MG18-75
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0374
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208782
Citation
S. Lusk, Affidavit, 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-0001-020-0374 (November 12, 2026).
But owing to the entry on the record & the facts not being shown by plea or proof the appellate court reversed the case and sent it Back to be reinvestigated the above is a true statement of the facts
It will be seen by reference to the case of Comth gt Spraggins page 512, 18th B. Monroe, that the right tothe of the Comth's Atto, To the per cent "only accrues upon judgments upon forfeited Recongizances" — & that the Governor has the power to remit the whole forfeiture (if it be a forfeiture) before Judgt has been entered.