Petition

Marsellus Dougherty et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-02-09

Date of Creation
February 9, 1861
Place of Creation
Franklin 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
MG18-452 to MG18-453
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0622
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32209030

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Marsellus Dougherty et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-09, 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-0001-020-0622 (November 13, 2026).

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Franklin Co.. Feb.. 9th 1861.
To his excelency Beriah Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Marselus Dougherty would respectfully State to his excelency that he was fined at the october term, ten dollars, for a breach of the peace, at the franklin circuit court, your Petitioner would further State at the time he committed the breach, that he was slitely intoxicated and did commit the breach of peace as charged, through a mistake. your Petitioner is a very Small man, and has but little of the goods of this world. And therefore would ask your excelency to remit Such portion of the fine as you may think propper

Marsellus Dougherty
John Bolger Jr
David Henderson
Thos Dougherty
Francis McQuillen
Jno Sullenger Jr
John O Connell
Cornelius Callaghan
W. H. Greenup
L. Tobin
Darniel M Grath
H. R. Powell
Dennis Griffin
P. Jellis

William Bryan
T. Callagahan
B. F. Johnson
S. W. Winter

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Franklin Cir. Ct
Petition of Marsellus Dougherty
Remitted
B. M
$10 } Misdemeanor
IssdFeby 9. 1861