Benjamin F. Graves 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
- MG24-73
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2054
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210462
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- Dates
- 1862-07-22
Citation
Benjamin F. Graves 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-0001-020-2054 (November 13, 2026).
To the Honorable Mayor & City Council Men, ^Governor of Kentucky^. Your Petitioner Martin Skain would most respectfully request you to remit a fine against him in the City Court of $20. for Assault and Battery charged to have been committed upon Matthew McNamara. No body was hurt and what was done was done under excitement. yourand your petitioner regrets that anything of the kind should have occurred — he has lived in Lexington Eleven years and this is the first time he has been before the City Court
Benj F Graves
Jno Keiser
A Robertson
C. D. Carr
J B Wilgus
J Harper
G McManus
Wm Swift
Geo Stoll
Lexington City Ct
$20 } Misdemeanor
Martin Skain
Issd
Remitted
B. M.