Petition

James E. Comer 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
MG20-35 to MG20-36
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0980
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FTP Identifier
32209388

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Dates
1861-04-01
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Citation

James E. Comer 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-0001-020-0980 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency
Gov Megoffin

Your petitioners would respectfully state, that during the present term of this Court James R Johns has been fined $200. for suffering gaming on his premises That the game proven was a small matter substantially for amusement there being but five cents bet on the game Mr Johns is a man of family, without property & we earnestly ask the govrner to remit said fine

James e comer
John Alexander
[...]
Henry H Rice
[...] D garet
Jos F Martin
M I Pigg
David P Rose
Mahlor Hall
Peter D Bery
J Boone
William Welch
Joel Chinault
H J Andson
J F Halley
John Williams
Weedon D Gay
A W Welsh
George W [...] ^[...]^

John L Martin one of the Jury
Ch J Duncan one of Jury
Wm Mize " " "
[...]. v. Hall
John R Eween
John A Rose
Goerge Knox
Aron Frazer
Wm Hoskins
William Eween
Wesley d garett

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J M Williams
W H Forman
E Spenser
Wm Hanks
Samuel S. Forman
J H Bradshaw
Tilford Wiley
W H Harrison
C D Creed
J. W. Rice
J H Grooms
A T Pettit
G. M Pettit
A. C. David
Zadock Kidd
Wm A L B Sharp
John Donohene
Thomas W Hutton
Tho S Sumon atty at law

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Powell Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M
$20 } Gaming
Jas. R. Johns
Iss Apr 1. 1861