Petition

William Owens 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
MG23-246 to MG23-247
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1852
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32210260

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Dates
--12-10
1862-04-04
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Citation

William Owens 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-0001-020-1852 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excelyency The Governor of Kentucky

The undesigned petitioner would respectfully represent that he was indicted in the Woodford Circuit Court for dealing Farro in two instances — at the October term just past he was compelled to be in the City of Louisville by important private business — being under bond to attend said Court he directed his attorney rather than permit his bond to be forfeited to confess judgement in the two cases — which was done — he states that he has paid the Commonwealth attorneys part of the fines and hereby petitions the Governor to remit the ballance — he states that he is a poor man with a large family and it would be oppressive upon to be compelled to pay the remainder —

William Owens

We concur in the prayer of the foregoing petition that the fines imposed may be remitted

Roger W Hanson
Chas O Thomas
Speed. S. Goodloe
Chas Wheatly
Thos, W, Bullock

Chas. F. Lowry
Frank Waters
Robt J Breckinridge
Jas C Morris
Bryan H Allen
John C Breckinridge

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Jesse Woodruff
Oliver P. Beard
John Besore
Thos Nichols
John G Kiser
Dan McEntire
John. C. Cochran
J. H. Harrison
John Cochran Jr
P. Thomson
O. O. West
N S Chiles

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Woodford Cir. Ct

Respite 12 mo
B M

2. Judgemnts
$500 } Faro
Wm Owens
Issd "Dec 10. 186[...]
Remission Issd.May ^Apr.^ 4. 1862