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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-0001-020-0725 MG19-129

Mckee, Jackson County, Kentucky Mckee, Jackson County, Kentucky 1861-03-22 Petition English 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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Mcke Jackson County Ky March the 22 day 1861

To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin your petitioner Bazel Baker would Most Respectfully Represent to your Excellency that at the Last Nov term of the Jackson Circuit Court your pertitioner was Find twenty dollars Being charge with illegal gaming) now the facts are these at the First circuit that we Ever had in our new county My self Isaacks & James green & R Roberts had A game in which there was A small sum of Money stake) Snacks & green had there trials and were Find & your honor Remited there Fines and as I am over sixty years of Age and it verry Poore oald Man I will Most Respectfully ask your Excellency to Remit the Fine

Bazel Baker

We the undersignd are well acquain with the Foregoing pertitioner an say that Facts contained in his pertition is true and do think the Fine art to Be remited

Isaac J Farley F J F J C & P J. J. C Thos J. Engle Clerk circuit & County court