Petition

Gordon Logan 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
MG19-316 to MG19-317
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0837
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FTP Identifier
32209245

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Dates
1861-03-27
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Citation

Gordon Logan 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-0001-020-0837 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Gov Magoffin

We the Undersigned Citizens of Shelby County & also the members of the jury before whome both Cases were tried would respectfully request your Excellency to remit the ^two fines of Twenty Dollars each^ fines Imposed upon Henry C Cochrile at the present Term of the Shelby Circuit Court for the illegal sale of liquor the evidence being that he only sold whisky One time in each Case & on One of the Occasions to a Traveler who Stoped at his house for the night

Gord. Logan Jury man
P W Vandyke " "
Thos. D. Edwards " "
William Duvall " "
George Price " "
George W. Wright " "
C A. Utterback " "
C W Lawson in favor of one "
Lemul Barkett
B D Hamblin in honour of one "
Calet Doyle " "
John B Offutt " "
John C. Cox
W, C, Bullock
James L Rankin
John T Ballard
Jos L Ray
C, M, Hammond

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Wm A Jones
J S Roberts
F, W, Brown
T. B & J, B. Cochran
W D Rowland
J. M. Bullock
J. S. Ratcliff
Miller W Parrish
W W Parker
B. Hicks —
Arthur Busey

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Shelby Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M
$200 each 2 Judg } Gaming
Henry C. Cockrill
Iss Mar. 27. 1861