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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-0001-020-0908 MG19-443 to MG19-444

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To his Excellency Govr, B, Maggoffin

Your Humble Petitioner Joseph H Kissick, would most respectfully and Humbly represent To Your excellency that at the last AugustFebruary term of the Rowan Circuit Court he was tried under an Indictment for for selling Liquor by the Smalls without Licens as required by law & Said Kissick was fined the Sum of Sixty dollars,. The Circumstances & facts of the case are about this, Sometime before the finding of the Indictment against said Kissick One B. T. Hayden obtained license from the Rowan County Court to Keep a Tavern, & Kissick rented his (Haydens) House with the express understanding that Kissick was to have the right to Sell liquors by the Small under Hayden's license, & Hayden told Kissick to sell under Said License. & Kissick did Go on & sell by the Small & otherwise under Said license & during the absence from Court of (Kissick) said Cause was called, tried & resulted in a Judgment in favor of the Comlth against Said Kissick in the sum of $60,00 aforesaid Now We the undersigned Petitioners Join in the with Said Kissick & would most respectfully represent that said Kissick is a poor man being the ouner of but very little property and having a family to Support (in the meantime) by his Own Daily labor, We therefore think that you would be doing a Just, Wholly and Godlike act under all the Circumstances which is Connected with the case to remit Said fine of $60,00 believing that Justice demands the aid of

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Sought for from your Excellency We Therefore ask & pray that said fine be remitted and we will ever pray (Yours)

I. E. Cooper J,, B. M C R C O. H. Trumbo C R C L. D. Harper T P Oxley James Hawkins John Hargis Atto. for Rowan Co J E Johnson J P R C E. H. Logan M D M, R, Hawkins D. G. Johnson James Maddox C. A. Ward R. P. Maddox J. B. Christian

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Rowan Cir. Ct Respite 12 Mo B. M $60 } Tipling Jos. H. Kissick IssdApr 30. 1861