Robert Cox to Beriah Magoffin
1861-06-07
- Date of Creation
- June 7, 1861
- 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
- MG21-16 to MG21-17
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1186
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209594
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Citation
Robert Cox to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-06-07, 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-0001-020-1186 (November 13, 2026).
To Beriah Magoffin Govenor of Ky
Your petitioner would represant that at the [...] term of the Breathitt Circuit Court he was fined the sum of $20- for gaming — He says that at the time the fine was assessed against him he confessed a judgment because his family was sick and he could not attend the trial of said Court- He says he had a valid defence to said charge if he could have attended Said Court as he was informed by his council — He says he is a poor man- & has a large family- Times are hard & it will distress his family to pay said fine — He therefore prays that said fine be remitted — & all such [mercy] as your honor can extend-
Robt Cox-
sworn to before me by R Cox this
John C Cole clk o c c
The undersigned asks your honor to remit the fine named in the within petition —
John W Daniel
Isaac N. Cardwell
[Corne]lius Thomas
John C, Cole
K f Harris
Aron Warren
G B Lucas
Wm M Fulkinson
E B Treadway
David J Yeary
Thomas Botner
Tomas Satler
[Geo] Blount
Jackson Thompson
W Tintcher
Breathitt Cir ct
Remitted
B, M
$20 } Gaming
Robt. Cox
Issd
To Beriah Magoffin
James Scallen
J H Johnston
Enoch [Canagh]
Benjamien Batners
S C Cawertin
M V Barker
S Cantery
F M White
William Lee
T J Treadway deputy sheriff
H M Sutes j p o c
John Cole, J P c c
John Duke
Edward Durbin
B F Phillips J P O C
Ben. McGuire
David W Dunaway
Ben F Fraley J P O C
W J Thompson
Wm B MCGuire
Joseph Reece
Warrick Mcguire
Timathy Johnson
Jesse, H, Cole C o C