Petition

H. B. Riddle et al. to Unknown

Place of Creation
Union County, Kentucky
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
R4-465
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0615
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FTP Identifier
32211817

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Dates
1861-04
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Citation

H. B. Riddle et al. to Unknown, 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-0001-029-0615 (November 14, 2026).

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Union Circuit Court

We the undersigned persons who tried & convicted Milton Crossley of rape at the April Term 1861 & sentenced him to confinement in the Ky penitentiary for ten years respectfully petition his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky to pardon him from further service — We believe he has now fully expiated his guilt — We indeed had a reasonable doubt of his guilt but thought a verdict of guilty demanded by the instructions of the court=

H B Riddle
William tear
M. R. Waller
T. S. Waller
Geo W. Davis
E, L, Givens
Cha, N Burkman
Wm Jones
T B Rabersorn
Thomas McMurray
L Thomas
John H. Wright

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Crossley