Petition

M. B. Moore et al. to Beriah Magoffin

Place of Creation
Pulaski 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
MG23-164
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1799
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210207

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Dates
1861-04-09
1862-04-24
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Citation

M. B. Moore 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-0001-020-1799 (November 13, 2026).

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To His Excellncy Beriah Magoffin

Your Petitioners State that R. B. Henson was find at the presant Term of the Pulaski Circuit Court upon an indictment upon a taven bond, we herd the evidense in the case which was insubstance that on some accasions persons did drink too much about the grocery department, and that on one one or two accasions men got drunk, but it was proven that Henson endeavored at all times to [...] ^keep^ good order and refused to let persons have liquior, when he thought they were drinking too much and went so fare as to Turn them out when they used bad language we think upon the whole Case that it is averry hard one and will be exceadingly appresive at this time on him to pay it. Henson is apoor man with afamily to support we would respectfully as that the fine be remitted being confident that Henson did not intend to violate the law The fine is $300

M. B. Moore

R. B. Henson

[Page 2] I will state that the penalty is heavy & hard to be borne considering the condition of Henson & his family & the condition of the Country — would be glad that he have some relief of some sort —

E L Van Winkle
Atto for the Comlth

Behmun Zaharz
J. Q. Richardson
John Keeney
Alex Colyers
Thomas Keeney
John Griffin
prater waddle
[...][...]
John McGinety

M. E. Ingram
A. T. Curd
Nat Owens
Jas Van hook
C.. A.. Zachary
Wm L, Brown
O. W. [Stroyn]

Pulaski Cir. Ct
$300 } Tavern Bond
Respd 12 Mos
IssdApr 9 1861

R. B. Henson
Remission IssdApr 24 1862