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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-0001-020-0842 MG19-324

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To his Excellency B Magoffin Gov of Ky.

The undersigned Petitioner would represent to your excellency that at the April Term 1859 of the Clinton Circuit Court an Indictment was found against him for "carrying concealed deadly Weapons," The Weapon Spoken of was a pistol. Your Petitioner would represent to your excellency that he has never used a weapon in any conflict with any person neither does he desire to do so, States that he was carrying in his Saddle Bags a pistol which was seen by a man who afterwards was on the Grand Jury, and that for carrying the Pistol he has been Indicted and fined $50, ^at June Term 1860^ besides a bill of Cost, Your Petitioner would represent that he is not nor has not been in the habit of Raising quarrels or disturbances that he is poor and under the pressure of the Great money crises does not know hardly how he is to raise money to pay off the fine unless in the clemency of the Governor the Same is remitted, He states that upon Said fine a capias issued directed to the Sheriff, and that Said fine was Replevied by ^Isaac Boring^ a Good Citizen of Clinton County, who is not of kin to petitioner, that Said Boring is a man of Good moral Character a member of the Church, and petitioner thinks that said Boring would not have Replevied the Capias if he had believed petitioner was guilty of theCommitting an offense against the Commonwealth -- Petitioner states. that if the fine is not remitted, and he can not get money

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for his work he fears an execution will issue against petitioner and his Surety in the Replevin Bond, and that the Sheriff will be compelled to Sell some of his Securetys property to pay off the fine, Petitioner states that Boring who is his Surety in the Replevin Bond is a poor man owns a small farm and is Supposed to be at this time laboring under Some breast disease, hoping that this will be the last Inducement or fine found against petitioner he sends this to the Executive for executive clemency

G A Dowel

The day came G A Dowell before me and states on his oath that he beleave the statements in the foregoing petition are true,

C P Gray Examr

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The undersigned state that they are acquainted with G A Dowell, and believe what he states on oath, they state that under the Circumstance of which he was fined, and the unprecedented hardness of the times that they would be glad for the Governor to remit the fine Should he see fit so to do, They state that Boring who Replevied the fine is a moral man, good Citizen, and is laboring under Breast complaint that Boring has tolerably large family mostly Daughters that he is a poor man, and they would regret verry much to see him have the fine or any part to pay. hoping that the Governor will Consider the case and extend such Clemency as he thinks right and proper they sign their names -- to these statements,

Albany Ky March 8th 1861,

R. H. Philpott Wm O. P. McWhorter C P Gray J. A. Brents Wm Vann H S Taylor Jesse Ewing A. M. Young Ellison Festie E. V. Trammell Eli, C, Braswell Thomas Huff J. P. Pickens

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G. A. Dowell Case Clinton Circuit Court Fine $50. Concealed Weapon Remitted Mch 14