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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0396 MG18-115 to MG18-116

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Lincoln Circuit Court March term 1860. The Commonwealth of Ky Plaintiff against } Upon an Indt Ellin Walls Defendant

The deft pled not guilty and the following Jurors towit. Logan Murphy, N. G. Tevis, T. C. Humber, H. C. Helen, T. J. Thurman, Wm C. Bailey, John S. Murphy, Owen Hacker, Wm Young, C. Engleman, H. S. Withers, and Thos Reynolds were Sworn to try the issue, after hearing the evidence rendered the following verdict, we of the Jury find the deft guilty and assess her fine at one hundred dollars N. G. Tevis foreman.Therefore it is ordered and adjudged by the court that the deft is guilty of the offense as charged in the Indictment, that she do in consequence thereof make good her fine with the Commonwealth by payment of one hundred dollars

A Copy Att G. H. McKinney clerk Lincoln Circuit Court

To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Your Petitioner Ellen Walls respectfully representing would show unto your Excellency that at the March term 1860 of the Lincoln

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Circuit Court she was found guilty by a judgment of said Court, of an offense against the laws ot the Commonwealth and judgment rendered against her for the sum of $100 --

She states that she is a widow, penniless and friendless, with nothing whatever whereby to extinguish said fine: with a family of defenceless children, all of whom are infants, dependent upon her daily exertions for bread.

Under the process of the Court afsd the Sheriff of Lincoln County is now about to take her from her said children and incarcerate her in the jail of Lincoln County, leaving her infant children without bread or any human being to watch over and care for them; at a time when the inclemency of midwinter, and the great scarcity of provison would bring upon them certain distress. In addition to all of which your Petitioner is now pregnant and will be confined in the course of a few weeks.

In the midst of distress therefore she humbly petitions your Excellency to remit said fine. and promises no more to violate the laws of the Commonwealth

Respectfully Your obedient Servant Ellen Walls

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His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govr of Kentucky

We whose names are herto annexed humbly ask Your Excellency to Grant the prayer of the petitioner Mrs Ellin Walls herewith Annexed

January 22nd 1861. Huffman & PendletonMerchants ^Stanford Ky^Huffman & CookdoT. S. ParsonsMerchantStanford Ky RangersD. W. Vandiveer""Embry & Shanks""Hughes & Engleman""J N & W Craig,"""L, A, Lytle""A R Penny""Whitley & DunneH. S Withers (one of the Jury)R Carson Co Court ClerkH. T. Harris, County Atty.

Stanford Ky January 22nd 1860 His Excy Govr of Ky Sir

We ask permission to make a short statement in behalf of the petitioner Ellin Walls -- In addition to her other misfortunes she has some 3 or 4 small children one of what is an Idiot all of whom are dependant upon her exertions for a support and having had her house burnt down she has lost the small handful of goods with which she was possed and she together with her little ones are dependant upon the charity of a few neighbors for a

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support. but for them they would be upon the point of starvation a small allowance is made to her out of the Treasurey for her Idiot child -- But it is far inadequate to her present wants -- The rate of living being excessively high as to the poor of our country we therefore Know of no case in which Your Excellency could interpose which would confer an equal amount of good in cases of this kind -- If you think proper to interpose remit the fine afsd we pledge our selves to releive You ^of^ any odium that might or could attach to you by taking the Same upon our Selves

Respectfully Your obedient Servants G. H. McKinney clerk Lincoln Circuit Court Thomas W Napier Presiding Judge lincoln County court

If an answer is given Please address us

Lincoln Cir Ct Remitted B. M $100 Mrs Ellen Walls Issd Jany 31 1861