R. K. Sumerwell to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-11
- Date of Creation
- January 11, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG18-211 to MG18-212
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0455
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208863
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- Dates
- 1861-01-11
Citation
R. K. Sumerwell to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-11, 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-0001-020-0455 (November 13, 2026).
Covington Ky
Governor McGoffin
Dr Sir An application will be made by the friends of F Hock to you for the exorcise of Executive Clemency to release said Hock from the payment of a $5000 fine and [imprisonment] ^imposed^ by a judgement of Kenton circuit court You will see from a statement of the case signed by nearly if not all of the Jury who tried him that he was much provoked to do what he done besides he is a poor honest industrious German has a good class of Family connection who are also not well off but stand very high in this City
He is utterly unable to pay the fine and to keep him incarcerated in jail any longer at the expense of the public county under the circumstances would be aI do think not required to subserve the end of justice I hope your Excellency will grant the prayer of said Hock
Yours
Respectfully
R K Sumerwell