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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-0001-020-0646 MG18-492

Scott County, Kentucky Scott County, Kentucky 1861-02-05 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 the Gov of Ky B. Magoffin

The undersigned would beg leave to state and pray the intervention of executive clemency. That Mr John H Orbry was fined at the last term of the Scott Circuit the sum of $20.00 the costs pertaining to the trial making the whole sum $28.80 The offense alledged was a misdemeanor in disturbing the peace when in truth and in fact as your petitioners ^believe^ There was ^not^ criminality on the part of Orbry sufficient to warrant the above verdict -- and upon the trial from the circumstances of the case Deft could not bring out the whole truth of the case -- Mr Orbry is a very industrious man and of good character He is in very indigent circumstances and has a large family who depend upon the work of his hands for their daily bread -- He cannot raise the rum adjudged against him without a sacrifice of his few personal chattels indispensible to the comfort of his family We would therefore present him to you as a subject demanding your clemency and pray your Excellency to remit his fine.

A R Sewell V C Bradley B. N Bradford J A Ford S A Hedrick Samul T. Gayle

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Stephen Lucas Stephen Thomason John Crawford Thos R Stockdell L. D. Whitton Ben Robey Wm James James Roby W. H. Stokdell L. G. Harrison J. D. Crosley J W McDaniel Somuel Alsop Joseph R. Hoover Sandford Perry R J Reding Overton Wallace George sullivan Thomas Patzell Levi Covington George Alsop Day S Alsop James William Robert Dougherty Sct Robinson FlemmonSGlass Fleming Glass B. F. Bradley J. T. Owens B.. S.. Tucker Shelby Hile Wm. J. Tapp M D James Wilson Sanford Channing Albert Costigon Elijah Phillips Josiah F. Bond Wm Midleton Henry Bery J. W. Bridges James R Mefford Jeremiah Robey G. C. Hurt William Elder John toomy Jess James tom toomy

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Boswell Alsop Austin Alsop White Fleet ^Wood^ J. B. Beaty James H Robs C S Smith Demetrius Percy James Sutton John Morgan Jackson Morgan Eldridge Branham John H Wash Thomas Hayes D H Gatewood J F Sinclair J Hambrict Jr Wm Newman A Calvert Wm P. Calvert Nacy Alsop H. C. Greenup William F Fleetwood W W Johnson James Taylor Jno Ulrich J. S. Lindsay M V. Sinclair W. D Poindexter Joseph Yates P Y Bond H. W. Ford. Jno W Branham Elijah Perry Jr A. H. Owen J. H. Nelson John W Alsop Edward Mabry S konn Y Mcbee

I Request his Exclency the Governor to Remit the fine

J. E. Alsop

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Scott Cir. Ct Remitted B. M. $20 } Gaming Jno H. Awbrey IssdFeby 5. 1861

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