Petition

William N. Wood et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG23-93
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1760
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210168

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Dates
1862-03-15
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Citation

William N. Wood 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-0001-020-1760 (November 13, 2026).

[Page 1]

To his excellency Gov Magoffin

The undersigned petitioners respectfully represent that Jospeh Schwartz was at the present March Term ^on the Kenton Circuit Court^ convicted of stealing a pocket book & containing $2000 and sentenced to oneyear confinement in the Penitentiary the said Joseph is a youth of 14 or 15 years the son a a very worthy German Citizen of Covington Ky And we feel Confident is such a case as demands and fully justifies Executive interference The jury who Convicted him are very desirious for his pardon & respectfully ask your Excellency to grant him immediate pardon & your Petitioners will ever pray &c

Wm N Wood
S, H, Hood
John P Noonan
S H Cambron
M. J. Dudley
D. [Moon]
J. M. Casey
John, P. Harrison
R. M. Carlis A. G.

C M Moore
J. O'Hara Jr
W. S. Ellis
Jno E Hamilton
S C Perrin
V. T. Chambers
J. S. Scott
James K Daket

I did not hear the evidence, but the prisoner is a mere child in appearance; and as he proposes to leave the state, I think it would be well to pardon him
J. G. Carlisle
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Issue Pardon

B. M

Kenton Cir. Ct
Jos. Schwartz
1 yr. Penty

Issd Mar. 15. 1862