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 November 12, 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-0001-020-1049 MG20-135 to MG20-136

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky 1861-05-03 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 "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Maysville, Ky, May 3 1861 Dear Governor,

At the present term of the Mason Circuit Court, G. H. Wilkinson was fined and imprisoned six months for cutting in a sudden affray, and without malice, a man named Hall, A petition has been sent you to remit the pimprisonment, He had previous to his conviction been confined for about four months, and since conviction has been in prison near a month, He is not a bad man, and has an and dependant family, who are suffering for want of his assistance, I hope you will send him a pardon so far as the remainder of his pun-imprisonment may be released,

If we had known of the law passed by the late legislature, giving

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jury the right to fine or imprison, I do not believe the jury would have found a verdict of imprisonment

Yours respectfully R H Stanton

Hon B. Macgoffin

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Petitin

Remitted B. M

attended to

Enclose to Stanton