Beverly Nelson 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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- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1104
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Citation
Beverly Nelson 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-0001-020-1104 (November 14, 2026).
To the Governor of Kentucky
The undersigned, your petitioners state that John O'Brien was indicted in the Scott Circuit Court, for unlawfully selling liquor; was found guilty at the
The facts of the case, as the undersigned are informed, are briefly these: O'Brien was at work on a turn pike road, and a friend of his applied to him to sell him a quart of whiskey. He refused to sell, but gave the man the liquor. Sometime afterward the man insisted on paying for it and threw down a dime and left. This was the whole offense. He is a poor man with a family of small children who depend upon his daily labor for support, and who would actually suffer for want of the necessaries of life, if his confinement is continued.
It is therefore hoped that as much of the punishment as is within the power of the executive, be remitted
Beverly Nelson
Geo W Bates
J E Gregg
E F Cantrill
B T Boswell
S. T. Gano
J C Applegate
Saml W Thompson
C D Smith
[Neersy Nutter]
John F Cantrill
Alex Carrick
Wm Nutter
Ed Sway
Daniel Gano
Jas, E, Enison
Bat T Thompson
David Lay
James W Samuell
Joshua Talbott
John Beatty
David Thomson
Jno M Glinn
S. Gano
Jno. J. Moore
A Bards
Jno K Houston
John T Griffith
Wm H, Salyers
John W Bradly Jr
George W Offutt
L Sharp
A B Barkly
B. F. Williams
Simeon Neale
Wm. F Moss.
Ben F. Bradley
Geo, W, Johnson
L B Offutt
J. S. Lindsey S. S. C
F, A, Ballenger
M. S. Dehoney
A O David
E. B. [Dewesee]
J. F. Payne
B F Elliott
A Mallory.
B T M Boyd
W, Samuell
S R Thomson
Geo. E. Prewitt
Jonathan Hedger
James Y. Kelly
Samuel N Green
William R Webb
A. S. Bradley
R C Adams
Jas M Shepard
M Polk
Simon Griffen
J. F. Robinson
Wm A Lindsay
W, C, Graves
P Rankins
J F [Warren]
S Y Keene
G, Keene
Scott Cir. Ct
Remitted
B. M.
$60. } Tipling
Jno. OBrien
Issd