John Smith to Beriah Magoffin
1862-04-07
- Date of Creation
- April 7, 1862
- 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
- MG23-169 to MG23-170
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-1803
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210211
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Citation
John Smith to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-04-07, 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-0001-020-1803 (November 13, 2026).
To the Excelence of the governor of The Commonwealth of Ky your petioner John Smith would repectifull represent to your Excelence that some time in the year for the offence of Robery at the Robery larceny at the lville Tenesse that said Robert went home with the express understanding that he was to a[...]ppeare in the Whitley Circuit cowrte on the first day of it next August term to answer the charge he states that previous to the first day of the next August tern 1861 that the loine between Kentuckey and tenesse was so blocaded that it was all most passible or was dangerous to pass he states that said Robert Right fail to a tend cowrte and the bond was forfeited and at the [...]Bond st your petitioner states that the granjury faile and Refused to find an iditement on said charge he states that they still have failed and now they is no such a charge in the Whitley Circuit Courte against Robert Right as or any other inditement against them him. Your petitioner states that he is in a pore man and if he has said fine to pay that it will greatley distress him he states that it wold be an act of charity to Remit said fine Judgment on said forfeited Reconizens
The prayers of your petitioner is that the Judgment on the forfeited Reconizens be remited and and for all proper Releaf.
Jon Smith
John Smith says he believes the states ments in the forgoing petition to be true
John Smith
Sworn to before me by John Smith this the
Isaiah Bird J P W C
We the under signed state says that we are a aquaited with the petticant and believs that it wod be act of charity to Remit said fine fine
Isaiah Bird
John Ellison
G. W. [Parsons]
[...][...]
John [...]
John D R [...]
E. F. Adkins
Wm S [Mearitt]
James P [...]
James [Cirthirth]
F [Rury]
Wm Pebler
Deny Meadows
James [Quillins]
[Henry Mot]
J C [Troby]
Tyrell Foley
J S Brosfield
Sol Stephens
John [Gleneath]
Joseph Neel
John Hanson
London
Gov Magoffin
I would be gratified if you would remit the within fine I believe that it should be done
yours respt
Granville Pearl
Whitley Cir. Ct
John Smith
To Petition
$200 } Recog —
Remission Issd