William R. Thompson 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
- MG20-74 to MG20-75
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1007
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209415
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- Dates
- 1861-04-09
Citation
William R. Thompson 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-0001-020-1007 (November 14, 2026).
To his Excellency B. Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, We the undersigned citizens would respectfully state ^that^ philip Lee and William Wilson entered as the security of one Thomas Flinn in a bail bond for two hundred & fifty dollars for his appearance in the Bullitt circuit court on a charge for killing [...] the facts were that the man killed had struck Flinn with a sling shot, and then Flinn in self defence killed him. Flinn went away & it is reported that he is dead. Flinn was an Irishman an itinerant worker & so was the man that was killed; none of the commonwealth witnesses attended when the recognisance was forfeited.
We respectfully ask you to remit the fine forfeiture of the recognisance on the part of Lee & Wilson
as we think it just & proper, & clearly within those ^that^ class of cases in which Executive clemency ought to interpose
WmRThompson
L Hoglan
R. H. Field.
Woodford McDowell
J. W. Hoglan
Jas. F. Smith
Ed. Hettles
L. Milety
Ch. R. Samuels
John. B. McDowell
H. Clay Crist
Lloyd Friddle
Jos. F. Birkhead
R C Hogland
Jos S Hoglan
John. H. Holaway
Walter Middleton
James Middleton
John Rickerson
S. R. Morgan
Lewis Rogers
Isaac Smith
G. W. Joyce
A H Field
Geo. W. Bowman
Charles Lee
C W. McKay
E W McCormick
R. F. Joyce
S. A. McKay
Westly Phelps
John A Brian
L C Swearingen
A Maranan
Joseph Collien
James. W. Stoner
John W Busey
H. O. Maranan
M T Chappell
H Styer
David Henderson
William Dawson
H. Simmons
Ken. Chapeze
Luke Howlett
William Kelly
W. P. Simmons
Phill. Belm
Wm McDaniel
W. J. Colbow
R. J. Meyler
J. F. Eppihemer
S. P. Myer
E. W. Bottomley
Geo. W. Swearingen
J. W. Stallings
J. B. English
Isaac Wm Froman
N. B. Moore
R I Hogland
William J Phelps
W. C. Moore
John R Chaddel
Bullitt Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M.
$250 } Recog.
P. Lee & Wm Wilson
Issd