Beriah Magoffin, Respite
1861-08-14
- Date of Creation
- August 14, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- MG21-297
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1363
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32209771
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Citation
Beriah Magoffin, Respite, 1861-08-14, 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-0001-020-1363 (November 13, 2026).
Beriah Magoffin,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
WHEREAS, A judgment has been rendered by the Nicholas Circuit Court for $60 against Owen Conway AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of the said Conway presents strong considerations for the interposition and indulgence of the Executive:
Now, Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I have thought proper to RESPITE, and do, by these presents, stay and respite the collection of said judgment said fees & costs for the term of Twelve months from the date hereof; and do hereby enjoin all officers to respect this RESPITE, and govern themselves accordingly.
{STATE OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, at FRANKFORT, on the
BY THE GOVERNOR: B. Magoffin
Tho. B. Monroe Jr, Secretary of State.
"Yeoman" Office — J. B. MAJOR, State Printer.
Commonwealth
vs } Respite 12 Mos from
Owen Conway
Filed