Petition

George W. Swoope et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Daviess 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
MG23-33 to MG23-34
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1719
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210127

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Dates
1861
1862-02
1862-03-27
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Citation

George W. Swoope et al. 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-0001-020-1719 (November 14, 2026).

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Daviess Circuit Court
To The Honorable Beriah Magoffin Governor of the State of Ky.

Your petitioners would respectfully represent that on the [...] day of 1861 the Grand Jury of Daviess County Ky found thewo indictments against Geo Wecker for Suffering & permitting unlawfull gaming in his house and that at the Feb — 1862 of said Court said Wecker was found guilty on each indictment and was fined two hundred dollars on each, making four hundred dollars — the evidence showed that the betting was only for cigars, Beer &c &c nothing having been bet at any time of larger value — Said Wecker is a peaceable, quiet, orderly citizen, industrious & harding ^working^ man with a large family to support — We think it a great hardship upon Mr. Wecker to have to pay such a penality, So disproportionate to the offense — and therefore ask your honor to remit as much of Said fines as in your power

Geo W Swoope Atto for Commth pro tem
G, W, Ray att,y
W N [Forney] att,y
A G Bolts att,y
John H. McHenry ' ' '
Geo H Yeoman ' '
G B Mitchell Jailor

James Stuart Circuit Judge
Geo W Taylor D. C. Ct. Ct.

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B. M
Daviess Cir. Ct
Petition
To
B. Magoffin Gov.

$200 2 judg each } Gaming
Geo. Wecker
IssdMar. 27. 1862