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Petition

James Artman et al. to James F. Robinson

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Document Genre: Petition
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
Box / Folder: R4-426 to R4-427
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-029-0586
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FTP Identifier: 32211788

Mentioned in this document

People: Garrison, Abram; Kavanaugh, Charles W.; Null, F.; Webster, Francis Manville; Fearons, George R.; Gay, George W.; Artsman, Gustavus; Spilman, Henry Erskine; Shrimp, Henry; Wendt, Henry; Root, Ira; Berry, J.; Geode, J. C. D.; Hawthorn, Jacob; Payne, James B.; Robinson, James Fisher; Peters, James H.; Johnson, James; Mead, John C.; Thomas, John C.; Kents, John; Eichelberger, Joseph; Haner, Joseph; Moore, Samuel; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott; McGideor, Thomas; Shinks, Thomas; Berry, W. J.; Johnson, [unknown]
Places: Newport, Kentucky; Pennsylvania
Organizations: Campbell Circuit Court; Campbell County Court; Commonwealth of Kentucky; Kentucky State Penitentiary
Dates: 1862-02

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James Artman et al. to James F. Robinson, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0586 (November 12, 2026).

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To his Excellency James F Robinson
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners, being Jurors, officers of the Campbell Circuit Court, and others would respectfully represent that at the Febuary term 1862 ^of said court^ James Johnson was put upon trial under an indictment charging him with being accessory to the crime of another having counterfeit money in possession with intent to pass the same &c. That the verdict of the Jury was against him and he was adjudged to confinemet in the Penitentiary for two years and that he is now suffering that penalty,

your petitioners would state that s^d Johnson is an old man with a family ^consists^ of his wife and several children. That the proof though considered strong enough to ~~himguilty~~ authorize the verdict against him was not of conclusive against him.

In consideration of his age, and of the wants and condition of his family who we understand to be desirous to move to ^the state of^ Pennsylvania and of the possibility of his being innocent of the charge the undersigned would most earnestly but respectfully urge ~~upon~~ the exercise of executive clemancy in his case and grant his pardon and restoration to liberty.

Jas Artman clk c. c. ct
W J, Berry Atty

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J Berry Atty
Joseph Eichelbayer

Tho McGideor Juror

Thos Shinks

Abram Garrison
Henry Shrimp
Jas Haner
F Null
G W Gay
Jas, H. Peters
John Kents } Jurors

F. M. Webster Attoy

Geo R Fea{Unclear}s Atty at Law
J, B, Payne J, P, C, C
J. Hawthorn
H E Spilman (Deputy Sherriff)
C. W. Kavanaugh atto
Ira Root Attorney at law

Jno,, C,, Mead
Sam Moore
Henry Wendt
J. C D. Goode
Jno C Thomas } City Councilman

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Jas Johnsons Pett for Pardon

No Good reason observed for pardon in this case

Grant Pardon

Tho E Bramlette