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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-0001-020-0728 MG19-133

Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky 1861-03-11 Correspondence 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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Cadiz Ky, 11 March 1861 Honl B Magoffin Sir

Som 12 months since E Vinson Jr a citizen of our Town, having been previously indicted for giving spirituous liquors to a slave, came into court & plead guilty. & accordingly Judgment rendered against him for a fine of Fifty dollars I am informed that the liquor was given to the slave man circumstances Altogether excusable but for the fact that it is malu prohibited & it was not done with an intention of violating the law, indeed the inhibition was not thought of at the time, Mr Vinson has a large family of young children and makes his living as a mechanic or house=builder and an upright moral and good citizen not I am satisfied wifully to violate the law. He is very poor & his daily labour is consumed by the actual wants necessities of his family. I believe it a case in which greatly good would be effected in remitting than in enforcing its collection & I hope your Excellency will take his case into kind consideration & remit the sum vs him. I am sure he will not again be guilty of the like offense

I am Truly Your Obt Servt Tho. C. Dabney