Petition

W. Lindsay et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1860-12-14

Date of Creation
December 14, 1860
Place of Creation
Clinton, Fulton 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
MG19-19
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0674
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FTP Identifier
32209082

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Dates
1860-12-14
1860-12
1861-02-11
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W. Lindsay et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-12-14, 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-0001-020-0674 (November 14, 2026).

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Clinton Ky Dec 14. 1860
To His Excellency B Magoffin Gov of Ky=

We the undersigned state that we were present at the Trial of Mike Sherran- who was at the Dec Term 1860 of The Fulton Equity & Criminal Court convicted of aiding and assisting in the murder of John Harrington, we state that we heard the evidence and are satisfied that the actions and conduct of Sherran was in no way instrumental in producing the death of Harrington.. The deceased forced the affray on Sherran because he refused to drink with a free negro an associate of the deceased. who was a northern man.. The deceased also used language calculated to excite a southern man to violence, and he but acted as any other Kentuckian would have done under similar circumstances. And we think that Sherrans case presents strong grounds for executive interposition

W Lindsay Atty at Law
J W Lockridge " " "
W F Boon Judge H. C. C

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Fulton E & C Ct
Sherrans case
3 Pent
Manslaughter
Issue pardon
B. Magoffin
IssdFeby 11. 1861