Petition

Adam Glue et al. to Beriah Magoffin

1862-03-31

Date of Creation
March 31, 1862
Place of Creation
Kenton 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
MG23-82 to MG23-83
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1754
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32210162

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1862-04-08
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Adam Glue et al. to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-03-31, 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-0001-020-1754 (November 13, 2026).

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To the Honourable The Governor of Ky

Your Petetioners would respectfully represent to you Honour that at the March Term of the Kenton Circuit Court, Catherine Ford was convicted of Entering into the dwelling house of one David Wescott- and taking therefrom a small piece of Bacon valued at 25 Cents for which she was Sentenced to the penitentiary for one year she is a very poor Woman and is Pregnant and will be confined in above 4 months she is not a bad woman her husband was tried at the same time for the same offince and was acquitted under all the Circumstances we the jury who tried the case think She ought to be pardoned and believing she was driven to do what she did from want we respectfully ask your honour to interfiere and relieve her from the penalty thus inflicted and Your Petitioners Jurors who tried the Case will Ever pray &C —

Names of Jurors
Adam [Glue]
W. E. Ashbrook
Joab Scales
F. Herrmann
W. M. Bennett
G W Marshall
G W Crist
Wm Lang
C H. Railey
R. Hemingray


Names of Jurors
Wm T. Craig

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[Page 4] I certify that the names of the Jurymen Signed to the foregoing petition are the names of Jurymen that tried the Case given under my hand this 31st day of March 1862

N. B. Stephens Clk
By A. C. Ellis D C

One of the Jurors resides in the Country and I have not seen him I think the applicant ought to pardoned and save Expence to the state

S. C. Perrin

N B please notice and answer soon & Direct to me

S. C. Perrin [atty]

Hon B Magoffin

Kenton Cir, Ct.
Catharine Ford
Petition —


Larceny
1 yr Penty

Issue pardon
B. M

IssdApr. 8. 1862