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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-0001-020-0891 MG19-403 to MG19-404

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To his Excellency, B. Magoffin

Your petitioner Samuel T Blake begs leaf to submit the following facts and asks the gentleExorcise of Executive clemancy in his behalf.

Sometime in the year 1860 from some cause never known to him his wife a very excellent woman was induced to leave him -- and it is supposed by many that her friends and kin persuaded her into the step -- At all events & whilst so seperated from his wife one of her sons by her first husband brothers was persuaded influenced to go before the grand jury of Madison County and indict him for keeping a tippling house -- and upon the trial, said son brother was the only witness examined upon either side, and in the examination the commonwealth made him say that he paid for the liquor drank and in the defense he said Mr Blake gave it to him. It was plainly developed that said witness was simple & foolish -- or maliciously mean and acting under mean motives -- under these circumstances, where the evidence seemed to be so equal, not preponderating against the deft, the jury found him guilty and assessed his fine at $60,

He is a very poor man living in a very poor

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part of the county, a shoe-Maker by trade and can no more than make a support for his family -- Unless this fine is remitted he will probably have to go to the county jail this will be adding disgrace and expense to that already heaped upon him. Since the finding of said indictment his wife has returned and they are now living together as husband & wife. amicably If your excellecny will remit the fine above state it will greatly oblige many citizens of Madison county

Saml T Blake

Sworn to before me by Samuel T Blake this 4th day of March 1861

We unite in the prayer of petitioner

John. G. Cole John. C. Jerrico R Runyon C. F. Burnam Thomas F. Stone Martin Gentry H A Coffey James Todd Juror W,, Moody Reuben Munday Will W Smith Thos, J, Maujorinn A C McWilliams J N Hill

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Thos. H. Bawer A H Lackey John Kinnard Hamson Burnam Benjamin Franzlin Wm Burnam John A Jackson J C W. H. Carpenter L. D. Maupin W, C, A, Broaddus C A Hawkins A. J. Burnam

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Madison Cir Ct Respite 12 mos.

IssdMch 14. 1861 $60 } Tipling Saml. T. Blake Remission Issd May 1. 1862