M Lieber et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1862-03-25
- Date of Creation
- March 25, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson 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
- MG23-10 to MG23-11
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1707
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210115
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Citation
M Lieber et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-03-25, 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-0001-020-1707 (November 13, 2026).
To his Excelency Beriah Maggoffin
Govenor of the State of Kentucky.
We your petitioners M Hoffstadt and Lewis Block state that on the last term of the city court they were Indicted and Tried before the Grand Jury and were find for an assualt which they committed upon a Mr S Wiel This said Wiel is a very Insulting man and one of the meanest men in this city The said S. Weil Insulted the said M Hoffstadt & Lewis Block. and M Hoffstadt Slapped said Weil upon which Said Weil had Both M Hoffstadt & Lewis Block Indicted They further state that they are very poor men and are not able to pay the fine and therefore must go the workhouse and leave their families in want of Everything that nature needs. The said M Hoffstadt has a very large family and by all his labor and toil he gets enought to support them The said Lewis Block has a wife and child to support — and they further state It is impossible for them to pay your humble Petitioners pray that the find may be remitted and By your Excelence and That they will commit no more offences againts the Commonwealthe of Kentucke
Louisville
M Lieber Atty.
Mathias. Hoffstadt
Lewis Block
We the undersigned neighbors to petitioners know them well & respectfully Join with them a ask for a remission of the fine.
Leo Lyons.
S Griff
S Harris
C Best
J P Lester
Wm E Lester
William Austin
L. Nahm
A. Dunklefiel
Dr J Mcfraley
The man Weihl upon whom the assualt was committed is a quarelsome & troublesome man. I think it would be well to remit the fine — at least a portion of it
[T. G. Besan,con
J. Wells
J. Peter Zink
James Fisher
William Zink
S W Phillips
T. C. [...]
W G Reasor
W R Hydes
Geo. W. Johnston
John M Boggs][
J. W. ]
Wm. G. Weinrick
Th. Hollenkamp.
Respite 12 mo B. M
Louisville City ct
$25 each } Assualt
M Hoffstadt
L. Block
Issd