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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-0001-020-0434 MG18-175 to MG18-176

Jefferson County, Kentucky Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-01-07 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky Jefferson County sct

This day Wm Brown appeared before the undersigned and stated under oath that he was with Charles Hawkins at the time of his difficulty with Thomas Murray for which he was sentenced to the Penetentiary, when said Murray approached said Hawkins hollering at him in a loud voice in menacing language to which Hawkins said to him, why are you pursuing me on the streets in this manner when you Know said enemies who only wish a pretext to annoy and give one trouble -- but Murray being drunk still pursued him. when Hawkins turned upon him and cut him two or three times with the small old Carlow Knife, which is now shown me that the act was one of sudden impulse on the part of said Hawkins and without any previous malice whatever as both him and Murray had

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been on terms of friendship up to that time

Wm ^his X mark^ Brown

Subscribed and sworn to by the afsd Wm Brown before me this 7th day of Jany 1861

G W. Chambers Examiner of J C C

Also. Thos Murray, the prosecuting witness who had the diffculty with Charles Hawkins -- who states under oath that he was under the influence of liquor at the time he pursued said Hawkins as stated in the foregoing affidavit of Wm Brown and has no doubt that he was to blame for so doing which he regrets and so stated at the time of the trial of Hawkins, as he did not wish him harmed; feeling satisfied as he did, that there was no malice in the act. as they had always

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been friends

Thos ^his X mark^ Murray

Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Thomas Murray before me this 7th day of January 1861

G W. Chambers Exr of J C C