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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-0001-020-0806 MG19-267 to MG19-268

Pendleton County, Kentucky Pendleton County, Kentucky 1861-03-08 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 the Gov of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Edward Fuget states that he was Indited at the April Term of the Pendelton Circuit Court for keeping a tippling house & at the Oct term of sd Court 1860 he was fined the sum of $60 upon the evidence of one D C Fugerson who swore that he had bough whiskey from the wife of your petitioner on two difrent accasions by the small & that he paid his sd wife for sd whiskey & that he drunk the same upon the primises of your petitioner he states that he is an old man & a Criple that for sevral years he has keep some whiskey for himsef but not for the purpus of selling that on account of his age & Condishen he had became invalued in debt & his small farm had been sold under Execution & the sd Fergerson had become the purchaser of the same & in order to git him off of his place

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& that Fergerson Could Git the same for a trifle he went to the house of deft when he was not at home asked for a Drink of Licker far himself & friend & the wife of your Petitioner set out the whiskey to him & Refused to take Any pay for the same but told him he was welcom to what they drinked but he Insisted on paying for the same & did Leave the money with her & don the same thing as he was Returning home & then went before the grand Jury & gave infirmation & he was fined for sd offence he states that he has not a daugh but that the whole ofare was for the purpas of one stated he states that it has always been his object to obay the Laws of his state & he thinks that where there was but 20 cents werth sold & that was sold as above stated that it is hard for him to have to

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pay the full amount of fifty sixty Dollars & Cost of suit he prays that your Exelency will take his case under consideration & that you will Remit the same fees & cost Excepted as

E Fugate

State of Kentucky Pendleton Cty Edward Fuget states that the ^statements Contained in the^ foregoing Pet are true

E Fuget

Sworn to before me by Edward Fuget this 8th day of March 1861

A G Roberts N P P C

we the undersigns state that we are wll acquanted with the Petitioner Edward Fuget that he is a poore man & a Criple that he is of a good Famaly & is Regarded as a Honest Hardworking man & we think his Case is entitled to clemency

A G Roberts M Mullins S. Tho. Hauser T E Moore H, T, Fitzpatrick C. Duncan

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Pendleton Cir Ct Commonwealth vs } Pet Edward Fugate

$60 } Tipling

Repsited 12 months Mar 14 1861