James Harris to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-27
- Date of Creation
- March 27, 1861
- 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
- MG19-151 to MG19-152
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0739
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209147
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Citation
James Harris to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-27, 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-0001-020-0739 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency
Beriah Magoffin Governor State of Kentucky
Your Petitioners, respectfully state that on the that has witnesses that testified in the case Call were intoxicated somewhat but not ^to^ say drunk, Durham having give Call the darn lies he in a passion stuck his pen knife in Durhams arm. The wound was very slight & within a very short time Durham was entirely well Your Petitioners consisting principally of Grand Jurry & Pettit Juryman that found both Indictments & verdict say that according to the Law & Evidence Calls case & in consequence of the sanction of their Oath. They were compelled to find him guilty. But they think that if ever there was a pardoning act that came within your power his case is one, Accompanying this Petition you here will find a Letter from James M. Ogden of this county who claims to be a personal acquaintance of you honor & has been acquainted with Call for several years & will write you to Knowled he has of Calls general Character
James Harris
J M Ogden [...]
John Pennebaker
John L Smedley
Thos Rudd
D. H. Buskaye
L. R. Ritch
John Armistead
H. F Jennings
A. Hogancamp
John D Mason
E Hogancamp
W R Becaes
Augustin Woolford
C. S. Marshall Atty at Law
members of the Petit Jury that tried Calls case
1 J C Depoyster Forman
2 John Alexander
3 L. Hilton
4 Noah Turk
5 Henry [...]
6 W C Hendricks I Agreed to the Virdict with great reluctance
The Virdict w
7 Thos A Pease
8 S. [...]
9 C N. B. Ralling
10 Uriah Flarper
11 george.W. Stovall
12 James McGanly
Blandville
Dear g.o.v this is to invite Your attention to the case of Henry Call whoo has been convicted one Year to the pententiary at this term of the Ballard Circuit Court &c now dear g.o.v permit me to say that I have known Call for some 9 years and it was truly with surprise that I heard of his difficulty for I was satisfied that he Call was since and inoffensive would not become a child & c. he is also a cripple with a perished leg &c- also a member of the baptist chruch and an ungarded moment drank drank too mutch all of whitch could excite Your clemency would verry mutch comport with the Judgment and wishes of Your humble servent and friend &
J M Ogden
Persons present at Calls trial.
William T Hay
P H Keen
G. H Pollock
D M Johnson
Lafayett Rich
Adain Coil
Call's case
Ballard Co Penty