Oliver P. Morton, Warrant
1862-06-13
- Date of Creation
- June 13, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- 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
- MG24-15 to MG24-16
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2016
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210424
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- Dates
- 1862-06-13
Citation
Oliver P. Morton, Warrant, 1862-06-13, 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-0001-020-2016 (November 13, 2026).
REQUISITION FOR FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
TO HIS EXCELLENCY,
The Governor of the State of Kentucky
It appears by the annexed papers, duly authenticated according to the laws of our States, that Samuel Allen stands charged by Indictment in the Harrison Circuit Court — in the State of Indiana with the crime of Assault & Battery with intent to murder one William Moore, which said crime is made a felony by the laws of Indiana, — and it has been represented to me that he has fled from the justice of this State and has taken refuge in the Stage of Kentucky, —
Now Therefore, I Oliver P. Morton Governor of the State of Indiana, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the United States, do, by these presents, demand that the said Samuel Allen be apprehended and delivered to John F. Cunningham Esqr who is hereby authorized to receive and convey him to the State of Indiana, that he may abide his trial for the crime with which he stands charged "The State will pay no part of the expenses of the execution of this Writ."
{INDIANA STATE SEAL}
In Testimoney Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, at the City of Indianapolis this
BY THE GOVERNOR,
O. P. Morton
W A Peelle Secretary of State.
