Richard H. Stanton to Beriah Magoffin
1861-05-03
- Date of Creation
- May 3, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG20-135 to MG20-136
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1049
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209457
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- Dates
- 1861-05-03
Citation
Richard H. Stanton to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-05-03, 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-0001-020-1049 (November 13, 2026).
Maysville, Ky,
Dear Governor,
At the present term of the Mason Circuit Court, G. H. Wilkinson was fined and imprisoned six months for cutting in a sudden affray, and without malice, a man named Hall, A petition has been sent you to remit the pimprisonment, He had previous to his conviction been confined for about four months, and since conviction has been in prison near a month, He is not a bad man, and has an [...] and dependant family, who are suffering for want of his assistance, I hope you will send him a pardon so far as the remainder of his pun-imprisonment may be released,
If we had [...]known of the law passed by the late legislature, giving
jury the right to fine or imprison, I do not believe the jury would have found a verdict of imprisonment
Yours respectfully
R H Stanton
Hon B. Macgoffin
Petitin
Remitted
B. M
attended to
Enclose to Stanton