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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-0001-020-0914 MG19-452 to MG19-453

Perry County, Kentucky Perry County, Kentucky 1860-10-17 Petition English 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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B Perry County Kentucky Oct 17th 1860 His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of Kentucky

Sir we the undersigned Citizens of Perry and Breathitt Counties petition your excellency to Pardon Jacob Niece who was Convicted of grand=larceny at the last term of the Perry Circuit Court.

In the first place we understand the evidence against said Niece was weak and in the 2nd he is a very poor man with a family who need his services. He was only Convicted for one year and if your excellency can feel that is Consistent with a sense of Public Justice we do earnestly ask you to Pardon said Niece

Respectfully your petitioners A B Patrick J M Elliott Lewis Campbell Geo C Haddix Wm Moore