Petition

W. B. Thompson et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1861-04-19

Date of Creation
April 19, 1861
Place of Creation
Munfordville, Hart 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
MG19-482
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0934
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32209342

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W. B. Thompson et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-04-19, 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-0001-020-0934 (November 14, 2026).

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Munfordville Ky. April 19th 1861.
His Exelency. B. Magoffin
Frankfort Ky
Respected sir

you will find herewith enclosed the petition of H. H. Lock and nathan Goldsmith to your Exelency to remit a fine against them for selling spirits to a miner. (The cases ^were^ tried at our present april term of the Hart equity & criminal Court) together with the petition of the jury who tried them, and also the letter of the prosecuting attorney, all of whom request that your Exelincy remit said fines for the reasons they have stated.

now we the undersigned practicing lawyers in the town of Munfordville, would state that we were present at said tryals and are personally aquainted with both H. H. Lock & Nathan Goldsmith. and that it is and was our opinion that there was no intention whatever on the part of either of them to violate the law in selling spirits to Cumpton who was the miner that bought of them the spirits. Mr. Cumpton was in his 21st year Deputy Clerk of our Circuit & County courts and transacts the principal business of both offices, and a steady clever gentleman and to all appearance would scarcely ever be taken for a miner.

Mr. Lockand Mr. Goldsmith are both clever gentlemen and we think this case deserves executive Clemency and therefore recommend that their fines be remitted

verry respectfuly yours &C.
W. B. Thompson

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J W Edwards County Atty.
Jas. A. Dawson —
H M Suffitt,,
Jno. S, Bohannon
Jno. Donan

Petition of the Bar to remit fine of Lock & Goldsmith

Remitted
B M