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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-0001-020-0855 MG19-343 to MG19-344

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1861-02-27 Correspondence 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 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Louisville Feby 27th 1861 -- To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govr. of Kentucky

At the request of the friends of the petitioner Wm. Frooks & the Keeper of the workhouse Mr Horner -- I am induced to make the following statement of facts, for Executive consideration -- In April 1860 -- an Indictment was returned to the city court in the name of the Comth of Kentucky vs Wm. Frooks for an assault & Battery made returnable to the first Monday in May 1860 -- the Deft was recog

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=nized in the sum of $100 -- with one security to appear and answer sd. charge the Deft & his Bail appeared in court on the day of the trial & Deft was tried & fined $5=00, his Bail says by some mistake or gross wrong -- the Recognizance was forfeited vs Deft & Bail -- Deft was at the time employed as a hand on a coal boat destined for the South & left the day of the trial but returned several times between the trial day & the time of his arrest which was on the 28th Jany 1861 -- he had landed late the night

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before and at breakfast time next morning was taken into custody -- at the instance of his Bail, (Conally) to whom he pd. $40 -- which was all the money he had & that was pd over to the officers for fees -- the remainder was remitted by yr Excellency -- this man has been in the workhouse about One month his friends would pay the costs if yr Excellency will remit his fine -- this seems the effect of ignorance on his part or mistake on the part of others which may well claim Executive clemency with great respect yr obt servt

John Joyes

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Louisville City Ct $100 } Recog Wm Frooks IssdMar 2 1861

Remitted B. M