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Petition

Henry Husen et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1862-02-20

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Date of Creation: February 20, 1862
Place of Creation: Campbell County, Kentucky
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: MG22-345 to MG22-346
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-020-1673
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Henry Husen et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-02-20, 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-0001-020-1673 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of the State of Kentucky

The undersigned Jurors who tried the Indictment against Horace Heffren at the present ~~ter~~Februa- Term of the Campbell Circuit ^Court^ on a charge of accepting a Challenge to fight a duel state that they were constrained by the evidence & the instructions to find a verdict of Guilty & that they assessed the lowest penalty known to the Law, a fine of $250. They would under the Circumstances, had the law permitted, have made the fine merely nominal. They believe the said Horace Heffren is a fit subject for Executive Clemency & they therefore recommend ~~him~~ your Excellency to remit the fine assessed against him, believing the amount he will be compelled to pay the Attorney for the Commonwealth & the costs, will be ample punishment for the offense

Feby 20^th 1862

Henry Husen
W T Walker
Jno. C Thomas
Lambert Day
John Stricker
Abe Kenney

A M^cKenzie
John F Herbert
Henry Buchanan
John Brown Lock
Jordan Noe
Lewis Weaver

[Page 2] I Jno Anderson clerk of the Campbell Circuit Court certify that H. Buchanan, Lewis Weaver, J. F. Herbert, J. B. Lock, H. Huser, Abe Kinney, A. M^cKenzie, W. S. Walker, Jordan Noe, John Stricker, J C Thomas & Lambert Day whose signatures appear to the above Petition were the Jurors who tried the case menitioned therein & that I believe the signatures to be genuine. Feby 20/62

Jno [Ashman] Clk C C C

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Remitted
B. M

Campbell Cir. Ct
$250 } Accepting a Challenge
Horace Heffren

Please send answer to J. R. Hallam
Newport Ky

Iss Feby 21^st 1862