Landaff W. Andrews and R. H. Stanton to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-27
- Date of Creation
- February 27, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Morehead, Rowan 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
- MG19-1 to MG19-2
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0661
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209069
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Citation
Landaff W. Andrews and R. H. Stanton 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-0001-020-0661 (November 13, 2026).
Morehead Rowan Co
Hon B. Magoffin
Dear Sir.
Robert Horton Esq of the County of Carter was at the present Term of Rowan Circuit Court fined 50$ under an Indictment charging him with having carried a pistol consealed. The proof showed that a five minutes before the time he was seen with the pistol he borrowed it for the occasion from a friend, he then being in the pressence of a person who as he belived had thetined him with violency of whom he was then apprehensive I am very Sure that this is a proper case for Executive clemency, and therefore recommend and Solicit your Excellency to remit so much of this fine as under the Law. you are authorized to remit
yr frnd
L W Andrews
I agree with Mr Andrews in the above statement, which is the substance of the testimony, and think the fine ought to be remitted, and recommend it.
R H Stanton
Rowan Cir Ct
Remitted
B. M
$50. } Weapons
Issd
Robt Horton