Petition

Robert Fluty 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
MG23-248 to MG23-249
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-1853
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FTP Identifier
32210261

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Dates
1862-01
1862-04-24
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Robert Fluty 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-0001-020-1853 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency Govr Magoffin

You undersigned petitioners would respectfully state to your Excellency that some three weeks since — in the latter week of January 1862 John. W. Bruner of Irvine Kentucky was on a visit to his family relations in Winchester Kentucky and whilst there was rudely insulted & assaulted by one Proctor Dills of said latter place, and after Dills had drawn a heavy weight to strike Bruner with, he Bruner drew his pistol & made Dills lay down his weight. & thereby probably saved his life, Bruner immediately went to the Police Judge & confessed judgment for violation of the town law in drawing his Pistol & a fine of $1000 was entered up against him in the Police Court of Winchester Kentucky, we beg your Excellency, under the circumstances attending the matter

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to remit the fine against Bruner.

Robt. Fluty
Robt Riddell Jr
J. M. Pigg
A. A. Curtis
C. W. Friend
Ewd D, Stockton

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Winchester Po. Ct
$10. } Misd
Jno W. Bruner
Remission IssdApr 24 1862