Beriah Magoffin, Respite, Somerset Cooksey
1861-02-27
- Date of Creation
- February 27, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- MG19-106
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0710
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209118
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Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Respite, Somerset Cooksey, 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-0001-020-0710 (November 13, 2026).
Beriah Magoffin,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
WHERAS, A two judgments hasve been rendered by the Criminal Court of Logan County for $ 120= against Somerset Cooksey AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of the said Cooksey presents strong consideration for interposition and indulgence of the Executive:
Now, Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in my by the Constitution, I have thought proper to RESPITE, and do, by these presents, stay and respite the collection of said judgment [...] for the term of twelve (12) months from the date hereof; and do hereby enjoin all officers to respect this RESPITE, and govern themselves accordingly.
{Seal}In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the
B. Magoffin
BY THE GOVERNOR
Tho B. Monroe Jr, Secretary of State.
"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.
Logan (2 cases) Commonwealth
x
vs } Respite of Fines.
Somerest Cooksey
Entered
Filed
Review the Capias in case S Cooksey & put this paper among
Remitted
B. Magoffin