Fount Riddell et al. to Beriah Magoffin
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- Petition
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- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
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- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
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- KYR-0001-020-1073
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Citation
Fount Riddell 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-0001-020-1073 (November 14, 2026).
To his excellency Beriah Magoffin
governor of the state of Kentucky
Your petioners would respectfully represent to your excellency that J H Foster a hotel Keeper in Burlington Boone county was indicted at the
The minor to whome the liquor was sold was of such an aperance that it would induce any one to believe that he was of age, and he was not very well known to the said J H Foster and your petitioners would respectfullyaskthatthesaidfineof$50, beremittedwould further state that they Know J H Foster to have always thertofor to hav kept an orderly & well conducted hotel & they Know he would not have Knowingly violated ^the^ law & they say it would greatly emberass Foster to pay said fine. we in view of the premises respectfully pray your excellency to remit said fine
Fount Riddell
J Chambers
M. Hamilton Clk Cir court
S, A, Hagarty
P. U. Major com'th Atty
Lewis L Youell
Theof Armstrong
J, O'Hara Jr
John T Woodford
James Calvert
Samuel Butts
E F Nuttall
Petition
Respite 12, mo
CarrollBoone Cir. Ct
$50. } Selling liquor to a minor
J. H. Foster
Issd