Oliver P. Morton, Requisition
1863-06-12
- Date of Creation
- June 12, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
- Document Genre
- Legal/Financial
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1862-1863
- Box / Folder
- R3-15 to R3-16
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-034-0009
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212226
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- Dates
- 1863-06-12
Citation
Oliver P. Morton, Requisition, 1863-06-12, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 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-0001-034-0009 (November 13, 2026).
REQUISITION FOR FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
TO HIS EXCELLENCY,
The Governor of the State of Kentucky
It appears by the annexed papers, duly authenticated according to the laws of our Stateo, that Joseph Parois stands charged by affidavit of Thomas Norvele with the crime of assault & Battery with intent to kill & Murder and it has been represented to me that he has fled from the justice of this State and has taken refuge in the State of Kentucky
Now Therefore, I O P Morton Governor of the State of Indiana, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the United States, do, by these presents, demand that the said Joseph Parois be apprehended and delivered to George H Tonner who is hereby authorized to receive and convey him to the State of Indiana, that he may abide his trial for the crime with which he stands charged "The State will pay no part of the expenses of the execution of this Writ."
{INDIANA [STATE SEAL]}
Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and [caused] to be affixed the Seal of the State, at [the City] of Indianapolis this
BY THE GOVERNOR,
O. P. Morton
James S Athon Secretary of State.