Squire Turner and James B. McCreary to Beriah Magoffin
1862-05-02
- Date of Creation
- May 2, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- 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
- MG24-272 to MG24-273
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-020-2135
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210542
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- Dates
- 1862-05-02
Citation
Squire Turner and James B. McCreary to Beriah Magoffin, 1862-05-02, 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-0001-020-2135 (January 20, 2026).
Richmond Ky
Hon. B MaGoffin
Sir: We are counsel for Col Francis Searcy in the prosecution against him spoken of in his petition for a pardon We attended & heard all the evidence on the trial before the examining court & again when he was bailed under a writ of Habeas Corpus & we believe that we correctly understand the movements & intrigue which resulted in the indictment of Searcy & to the best of our Knowledge & belief the Matters Setforth in his petition for a pardon are true & we heartily concur in asking a pardon in the case We will merely add that there are no politics mixed up in the case. Searcy & the deceased Caperton were both ardent Bell & Everett men
We do not believe that public Sentiment would be against the pardon of Searcy
Respectfully
S, Turner
Jas B McCreary