Benjamin B. Hinkle et al. to Beriah Magoffin
- 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
- MG19-197 to MG19-198
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0769
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209177
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- Dates
- 1861-03-01
Citation
Benjamin B. Hinkle et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 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-0001-020-0769 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excellency the Govnor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky-
The undersigned members of the Jury who served upon the trial of Preston Ashby who was sentenced to the Pentetentiary for Ten years from the Jefferson Circuit Court.
Do respectfully pray his pardon and we his friends and accquantances do also join in the petition believing that the punishment already inflicted will make him in future a better man. He is an industrious man a good carpenter and his family poor & needy — and his services necessary to them support
first 12 Names of the Jury
Benj B. Hinkle Juror
N. B. Connell
J. E. Shaw
W R Hydes
John Doran
W. L Weller
G. H. Rice
Edw Wilder
Chs.. W. Smith
Wm C. Kennedy
C F Bennett
Jefferson Cir. Ct
Issue pardon
B. Magoffin
10 yrs. Penty
Presly Ashby
Manslaughter
Issd