James Underwood 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
- MG19-432
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-0900
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209308
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- Dates
- 1861-04-11
Citation
James Underwood 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-0001-020-0900 (November 13, 2026).
To His Excellency, Beriah Magoffin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Your Petitioner would Respectfully represent that at the [...] Term of the Whitley Circuit 185 — He was fined in Said Court The Sum of $20, upon a charge of violating the Laws against gaming
Your Petitioner States that he is not agambler by practice, nor profession, that he sometimes plays cards for amusement, and upon the occasion upon which the charged was based others had been in the Game, and one of whom desiring to quit, your Petitioner, took his hand, and played a few games, not knowing at the time, that he was violating any Law which imposed a fine for so playing
Your Petitioner would further represent that he is an exceedingly poor man, — that he has a wife and three small children that in these oppressive times to raise money it is utterly impossible for him to pay the Same, together with the costs, That he has replevied the same, and without the interposition of Your Excellency's Clemency, Your petitioners Securities must pay the same, or Petitioner's family must be reduced to abject want. The Prayer of the Petitioner is that your Excellency remit said fine
James Underwood
Whitley Cir Ct
Petition of James Underwood
Respite 12 mo
B. M.
$20 } Gaming
Iss