Hiram McElroy to Beriah Magoffin
1862-02-07
- Date of Creation
- February 7, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG22-361
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1682
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210090
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- Dates
- 1862-02-07
Citation
Hiram McElroy to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-02-07, 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-0001-020-1682 (November 14, 2026).
Morganfield Union County Kentucky
Govenor Magoffin
I was shown a petition addressed to your Excelency praying the repreave of Vincent Shields a Convict in the Kentucky penitentiary from this County Convicted under a charge of killing his wife — the petition Sets forth the substance of the evidence given on the trial. I was requested to sign said petition, which I could not do, Because I did not heare the trial & of course could not certify what was the testimony On the trial — though I have no doubt it is Correctly set forth, by the draftsman of the same who would not make a statement to deceive any person, & I know he was present & heard every thing that was deposed — I will say this in behalf of Shields petition, after his trial & conviction, I heard a general public opinion expressed, that the testimony did not warrant the conviction, I think a majority of persons who talked about the case so expressed themselves.
Shields Stood fare in this Community before this occurance happened, he is connected with a clever family in this County & Spencer, he is an old man & cannot live out his time in the Penitentiary — and I believe his case is worthy of executive Clemency
Yours respectfully
Hiram McElroy