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 November 12, 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-0001-020-0693 MG19-44 to MG19-45

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Govner kentuckey your Exelency majesty and honour I do pray your honour to remit writ a fine of sixty dollars and the costs that was so unjustly inflicted uppon me I will give you a true statement of the facts I rented out my farm for the purpose of keeping a famly grosery being oald and of weak forst I built a house in a little village which is called the crossroads my goods and groserys come on before I had completed the house I was compeld to receive them my goods was packed up stears while my liquors of all kinds was exposed below the people come ina nd drawed and drenk at my expence the news that I kep a tipling house I was living on my farm one mile and a half of no door shelters to the house while the workmen was ingaged in sealing the rooms I have not placed my goods to the shelves nor opened my dears to the publick I laid in my claim for licens the court refuse giving me licens inquanc inconsiquence of meetting a writ on that day thay proved that my workmen soald two dimes worth of liquor I proved it was without my leave the court made me responsibe for all that was don in my house the destrict is infavor of a grosery except fore or five persons the destrict is willing to raise a potion are it is not conven for them to do it I pray your honour and ingesty the remit there fore

John C Floyd

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Floyds case -- Respite 12 mo B. M.

Union Cir. Ct $60 } Tipling J. C. Floyd IssdFeby 15. 1861