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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-0001-020-0603 MG18-428 to MG18-429

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioners would very respectfully represent that at the February Term 1861 of the Daviess Circuit Court, a Judgment was rendered against Wm J Johnson for Two hundred dollars & costs of prosecution, for permitting unlawful Gaming in his house. The proof was that, Johnson was a hotel keeper in Boston Daviess County, and had once or twice allowed a game of Euchre to be played for drinks, that he had never allowed a game to be played for money in his house. Under the law the jury reluctantly rendered a verdict against the Deft for the lowest amount $200. and the Jurors afsd. now unanimously, ask your Excellency to remit Said fine. They think the legal costs a heavy penalty for the affence. Mr. Johnson is a civil and well behaved man, is poor, and has for a long time been weakly and in delicate health, & has a large family dependant upon him for a Support, and they will ever pray &c

James Griffin juror W. H. Talbutt Do Robert W Clajbro Do James M Yewell Do W. S. Brittain Juror C R Tyler Juror Saml Venable juror Jno W Gabbert Juror James R Gerhman Juror Elijah Comstock Juror Jno Long Juro Samule Mitchell, Juor

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This is a very hard case and one I think entitled to clemency of your Excellency

Cicero Maxwell atty for Com'lth

G. W. Ray James Stuart Circuit Judge A G Batts Clint McClarty Jo. G. Harrison J. R. Claybrook Jno P. Thompson Circuit Clerk John H. McHenry Jno H McHenry Jr John Locke R L Boyd Danl. M. Griffith W. Anthony Geo H Yeaman Jesse Moore A McShimmons Max Sipstine Phil T Watkins D C Chas Green M Heffernan Ben Alsop M beach H W Warfield

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J W Compton W. D Sebra H. Wells Jas. H. Ivens Charles Wheeler F. L. Biers W H Frey J. B. Green J. W. Barritt John C. Shivelly

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A. S. Thurston Walter McFarland John D. Green Wm B Wall Jesse W. Kincheloe Beverly W Boone Will Bartlett James W. Reddish Junior James W Reddish Signor W. D. Ford Wm Abell Thomas Johnson Edward Monarch J. P. Fuqua Joseph McDaniel John P Cottrell Burk Fuqua Frank Mattingly J S Brown William O'Bryan John L Needam Urban Bryan Thos M Barr James W Orion Richard Pendery J B Stone W W. H Higdon Thos Dodson David Webb P G Bailey Albert Peot John Hathway Wm Fisher A Goff J E Mitchell N. B. Allen Edward Esters William A Bryant Georg W hunter Isaac McDaniel Georg Appleby H B Fillpott N Smock R. B. Pottinger George Jones F. R. Yager E C Rosa John S. Newsom S. W. Rosen Wm Proctor J. H. Clements G. W. Redish B. Y. Mitchell Tassley Maddix G. Ams H. Wisle Wm. B. Hunter F W Martin James Hunter J. G. Lard C E Green A. G. Hawese G. Groswith

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