Petition

James H. Williams to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG21-202
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1311
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FTP Identifier
32209719

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Dates
1861-05-04
1861-08-14
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Citation

James H. Williams 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-0001-020-1311 (November 12, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Beriah Magoffin

Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your Petitioner James H Williams would respectfully represent to your excellency that on the 4th day of May last he was grossly insulted by a Man and in a Moment of passion he struck him a blow with his fist and for it he was arrested on a charge of a Breach of the peace and tried before E H Williams a Justice of the peace for Morgan County and said trial resulted in the Conviction of your Petitioner and he was fined Five Dollars & Costs- He would further say that he is a poor man with a family, times are hard and he did this out of no contempt of the Laws but simply as every honest man will do to resent in a proper maner an insult when offend without cause. he does not think his Offense merits the fine inflicted Wherefore he prays your Excellency to remit said fine and in future he will avoid associations which result in this way

James H Williams

We the Undersigned know Mr Williams to be a peaceable man and Join in his petition to have and fine remitted

Jno T Hazelrigg

John Conley Jor
Joseph Keaton
A W Nickell
John Curtis one of the Jurry
James Canterl

Ben. F. Perry
A. J May
J. A. Turner
Wm. H. Burns
J M David Jor
N A Brown

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Remitted
B M

Morgan J. P. Ct
$5. } breach
J. H. Williams

Issd Aug 14. 1861