Foleys case
Iss^dSept 14
Remitted
B. M
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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Govr of Kentucky

Your petitioner W^m Foley now committed to the City Workhouse this day upon a "scire facias" would most respectfully state the Facts of the case in few words as follow" That in June 1859 he was presented before the Judge of the city court here, for alledged breach of the peace upon his wife Annie Foley, he was recognized in the sum of $100, with security to ans^r at the next Term of the court, he being away from the State at the term the recognizance was forfeited to him & Security a scire facias issued, the security was let off & a Judgment taken vs him for the sum of $100, which Judgm^t was allowed to rest until this morning when [...] issued & he is taken to the workhouse, Your petitioner now says that he supposed the proceedings ag^st him were dismissed, the night before last his wife had a boy child when he rejoicing over it became exhilerated with his friends & was taken to the watchhouse badly & cruelly beaten by the police But discharged by the court & taken on the Sci fa The Indictment was dismissed there never was any proof of his guilty, but through carelessness in not employing a lawyer he finds himself in the workouse

his plea to y^r Excellency is that he was not guilty of any crime nor could they prove any upon him, he considered the whole thing dismissed long ago, he lives happily with his wife Annie by whom he has two children boys one 13 months & the other 36 hours old, he is poor but industrious & tries to make an honest support by daily labor, his wife needs his services & presence in her sickness which none can so well supply his friends tho attached to him are poor & cannot aid him in his present distress he has no property to raise means to pay this debt & begs Y^r Excellency to remit his fine & his friends promise to pay the costs which will be as much as they can do possibly the costs am^t to forty one or two doll^s the atty gets 30 pr c^t the clerk & Marshall &c get the rest with great respect Your petitioner will ever pray &c

William Foley

Sworn to before me the undersigned

To Gov^r Magoffin

Sir I am told this is truly a hard case & merits y^r interposition with the greatest I am now y^r obt servt

John Joyes
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I have examined the records & find them as stated above

J. J.