Beriah Magoffin, Respite
1859-11-03
- Date of Creation
- November 3, 1859
- 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
- MG18-93 to MG18-94
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0387
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208795
Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Respite, 1859-11-03, 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-0001-020-0387 (November 12, 2026).
Beriah Magoffin,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
WHEREAS, A judgment has been rendered by the Estill Circuit Court for $50 & Six months imprisoment in the County Jail — against Anderson Tyre, for "Malicious Stabbing" AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of said A Tyre presents strong considerations for 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 Constitutiuon, I have thought proper to RESPITE, and do, by these presents, stay and respite the collection of said judgement except fees & costs for the term of twelve months from the date hereof; and do hereby enjoin all officers to respect this RESPITE, and govern themselves accordingly.
{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on 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.
Estill Cir. Ct
$50. & 6 Mo. Impt.
Remitted
B. M
Anderson Tyre
Issd
