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Richard Hawes et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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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: MG20-323 to MG20-324
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-1165
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FTP Identifier: 32209573

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Dates: 1858-10; 1861-06-01; 1861-06-05

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Richard Hawes 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-0001-020-1165 (November 13, 2026).

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The undersigned petition the Governor of Kentucky to pardon the within named Davis for the residue of his term of imprisonment-

R. Hawes.
J. B. Anderson
B. J Pullen Sheriff
James Paton
John A Prall
W^m C. Lyle
Tho. P. Smith
W^m M Samuel
Geo: W. Williams
S M Vimont
H. R. Orr
J. A. Penn
W. W. Pike.
Tho Kelly
Abner Spears,
Jo A. Hildreth
Jn^o Rootes Thornton
C L Bunt
Jesse. H. Talbutt
J G Craddock
R, H, Hanson
J. V. Lovely
John T. Croxton
R. J. Brown C B C C
Horace R. Miller
Allen Kiser Wetness For comenwelthe
B. Q. Clay
B F. Harris
N. N. Alexander
W E Simms

Joseph Neely
Jno, T Woodford

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The undersigned were jurors who tried the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against William Jones & Jack Davis on a charging for uttering & passing counterfeit money at the October Term 1858 of the Bourbon circuit court, where was found them both guilty & fixed the punishment of each to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of six years. We were satisfied from all the proof and the circumstances in the case that Jones was a practiced & veteran Rascal & that Davis was a novice & the dupe & victim of ~~Davis~~. Jones. We believe that it was about Davis'^s beginning in the career of crime — we think he has been punished enough & ask this court to remit this residue of Davis^s term
1^st June 1861

Jurors Names
Valentine Heldreth
David M. Dodge
Tho L. Arnold.
W B Rogers
J H. Boulden
Jes^h Duncan
F. Hardesty
Thos Stone
H. W. Cotton
J. L. Becrafts
C. C. Skillman
W M Kenney Commonswealths witnes
O. H. Burbridge

Paris June 5^th 1861

I defenended W^m Jones & Jack G. Davis on their trial as setforth in the above statement. I have the same opinion as to their guilt as that expressed by the jurors in their said statement & unite with them in asking the Governor to remit this residue of Davis'^s term

Garrett Davis