Petition

Charles Wright et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-03-07

Date of Creation
March 7, 1861
Place of Creation
Carrollton, Carroll 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
MG19-266
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0805
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FTP Identifier
32209213

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Dates
1861-03-07
1860-08
1861-03-14
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Charles Wright et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-03-07, 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-0001-020-0805 (November 14, 2026).

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Carrollton Ky
Mch. 7. 1861
Honbl. Beriah Magoffin
Govenofr of Comwth Ky

We the undersigned your petitioners would respectfully state to your excellency that at the Aug term 1860 of the Carroll Circuit Court We were fined $20 each for gaming on premises we state that we are poor men with large families that the gaming was for amusement the wager being a treat. We further state that we are not Gamblers, and will in future not handle the "papers." We pray your excellency to remit said fines —

Charles Wright
Bluford Sidebotton } Petitioners

H,, Cox

Jno R Vance
W. M Fisher

As Clerk of Said Circuit Court I certify that the statements made in the above Petition are substantially true

John Hogan

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Carroll Cir Ct
$20 } Gaming
Wright & Sidebottom

Respite 12 months
IsdMch 14.