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Petition

Charles Green to Beriah Magoffin

1861-02-23

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Date of Creation: February 23, 1861
Place of Creation: Daviess 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: MG18-430 to MG18-431
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-0604
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Dates: 1861-02; 1861-02-23; 1861-05-20

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Charles Green to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-23, 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-0001-020-0604 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin,
Governor of Kentucky,

Your petitioner Charles Green States that at the Feby term 1861 of the Daviess Circuit Court he was found Guilty of permitting unlawful Gaming in a house in his occupation & fined the Sum of $200. & the costs of the prosecution.

The evidence in the cause was that he had on one occasion only permitted a game of Euchre to be played in his house for beer. He says that th he did not know & had no idea that he was violating any law of the State or he never would have permitted Said game to have been played in his house, wherefore he asks to be released from s^d fine.

Cha^s. Green

Daviess County,

Charles Green Says upon his oath that the statements of the above petition all true. Given under my hand this 23^d. Feby 1861.

Att. W^m B Wall N. P. D. C.

We the undersigned petitioners join in the prayer of the above petition, and state the petitioner Charles Green, is & has always demeaned himself, as a Strictly honest man, that

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he is a sober, dicreet, law abiding man, industrious & well behaved in every respect, an excellenct citizen & much esteemed in this Community.

The Court, who pronounced the Judgement, the atty for the Comth, who prosecuted the case, the Jury which rendered the verdict & the members of the bar who heard the cause tried, and all of whom are intimately acquainted with the petitioner respectfullyandearnestly pray your Excellency to release the fine.

We further Say that the Statements of the petition are true.

W. H. Talbutt, Jouror
Sam^l Venable Juror
John W Gabbert Juror
James R Steelman Juror
James Griffin Juror
James M Yewell Juror
W L Brittain Juror
John Moorman Juror
Samuel Mitchell Juror
Elijahe Comstock Juror
C R Tyler Juror
W Anthony
J G M^cfarland

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Jno P THompson C D C C
Cicero Maxwell
atty for Commonwealth
James Stuart Circuit Judge
W N Sweeney
R H Taylor
Clinton M^cClarty
J. R. Claybrook
Jno M^cHenry
Jas. C Dean
Jo G Harrison D S D C
John Hathway
Tom Moreland D C
Robert. P. Tharp
James oldham
James W Shipp
Burk Fuqua
N. M. Lancaster
Frank Mattingly
H Wile
S. Straus
C Gatt

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Daviess Cir Ct
Remitted
B M
$200 } Gaming
Cha^s. Green
Iss^dMay 20. 1861