Petition

W. E. Scott et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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
MG23-221
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1835
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FTP Identifier
32210243

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Dates
1861
1862-04-09
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Citation

W. E. Scott 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-0001-020-1835 (November 14, 2026).

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To the honorable Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Ky

We the undersigned your petitioner, would repectfully state that at the Spring term Fall term 1861 of the Carroll Circuit court judgment was rendered agst A. J. Guthrie for the sum of three hundred Dollars on a forfeited recognizance. The Bond was taken before an examining court in which the principal Willis Whitaker was held over for passing Counterfeit money. The cercumstances make it doubtful whether upon Conviction trial a conviction would have resulted — The principal Willis Whitaker is a very young man and now in the service of the Federal army and has not been heard from for some time rendering it probable that he has fallen by desease or otherwise — A. J. Guthrie is a poor man and not able to pay the judgment without greatly reducing his means of support — We believe the governs Comwth will be more benefited by realising ^releasing^ the forfeiture than by enforcing it We therefore pray your excellency to remit said forfeiture.

W E Scott
H W Pryor

A J Guthrie
B B Elston
John Hogan
Smith [Wingate]

E. F Nuttall
P. U. Major
W. M. Fisher
Jim Pryor

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H. W. Bosworth
J M Collyer
John Dean
Moses Spicer
M Burett
P. O. Turpin
J A. Stringfellow
W. H. Turpin
J. J. Hayden
H. H. Turpin
R W. Butts
M B [Turpin]
H C Threlkeld
Thos. J. Vance
D W Hayes
Carter [Yost]
L O Neal
Thomas Hayden
Thos. D. Wright
W. [Com]
Jno. J. Orr
Wm Spicer
W S Pryor
Jas W. Roberts
J. A. Crawford
O. Coburn
A R. Gaunt
J. F. Baker
W. S. Brown

Carroll Cir. Ct
$300. } Recognizance
A. J Guthrie
Remission Issd
Apr 9. 1862