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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-0001-020-0604 MG18-430 to MG18-431

Daviess County, Kentucky Daviess County, Kentucky 1861-02-23 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky,

Your petitioner Charles Green States that at the Feby term 1861 of the Daviess Circuit Court he was found Guilty of permitting unlawful Gaming in a house in his occupation & fined the Sum of $200. & the costs of the prosecution.

The evidence in the cause was that he had on one occasion only permitted a game of Euchre to be played in his house for beer. He says that th he did not know & had no idea that he was violating any law of the State or he never would have permitted Said game to have been played in his house, wherefore he asks to be released from sd fine.

Chas. Green

Daviess County,

Charles Green Says upon his oath that the statements of the above petition all true. Given under my hand this 23d. Feby 1861.

Att. Wm B Wall N. P. D. C.

We the undersigned petitioners join in the prayer of the above petition, and state the petitioner Charles Green, is & has always demeaned himself, as a Strictly honest man, that

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he is a sober, dicreet, law abiding man, industrious & well behaved in every respect, an excellenct citizen & much esteemed in this Community.

The Court, who pronounced the Judgement, the atty for the Comth, who prosecuted the case, the Jury which rendered the verdict & the members of the bar who heard the cause tried, and all of whom are intimately acquainted with the petitioner respectfullyandearnestly pray your Excellency to release the fine.

We further Say that the Statements of the petition are true.

W. H. Talbutt, Jouror Saml Venable Juror John W Gabbert Juror James R Steelman Juror James Griffin Juror James M Yewell Juror W L Brittain Juror John Moorman Juror Samuel Mitchell Juror Elijahe Comstock Juror C R Tyler Juror W Anthony J G Mcfarland

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Jno P THompson C D C C Cicero Maxwell atty for Commonwealth James Stuart Circuit Judge W N Sweeney R H Taylor Clinton McClarty J. R. Claybrook Jno McHenry Jas. C Dean Jo G Harrison D S D C John Hathway Tom Moreland D C Robert. P. Tharp James oldham James W Shipp Burk Fuqua N. M. Lancaster Frank Mattingly H Wile S. Straus C Gatt

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Daviess Cir Ct Remitted B M $200 } Gaming Chas. Green IssdMay 20. 1861