William S. Downey and William C. Goodloe to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-27
- Date of Creation
- February 27, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Lexington, Fayette 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
- MG18-508
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0656
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209064
Citation
William S. Downey and William C. Goodloe to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-02-27, 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-0001-020-0656 (November 12, 2026).
Lexington
Gov. Magoffin
Dr Sir,
At the present Term of this Court an Indictment was found against Dennis Mulligan for Giving Liquor to a slave of O A Reynolds. I was present in the very town where the evidence was detailed. There was no proof of sale. Mulligan is a respectable grocer who does a large business, and I never heard him suspected of any thing of this sort before. He acknowledges that he gave the liquor to the slave, but says and I believe the statement that he intended no violation of the law. still it was a violation, and with the permission of the Court, he confessed Judgment for $50 — As I know Mulligan, and do not think he intended to do wrong, I have thought proper at his request to say this much to your excellency with the hope that you will grant him remission
Respectfully
W. S Downey
Com atty
I concur in the above —
W C Goodloe
Crct Judge