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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-0001-020-1069 MG20-167

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Indictment Monroe Equity & Crimnal Court

The Commonwelth of Kentucky against, Theodore Mores, The Grand Jury of Monroe County in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky acuse Theodore Moorse of the Crime of Grand Larceny The said Theodore Moores, Heretofore, to wit,, on the day of 18 in the County aforesaid Did wilfully feloniously and fraudently Steal take and carry away one bank bill or note of the valued of five dollars which valued was over fore dollars Said to be a bill of John R Chism & Brother against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Information of Samuel, Ray, and E W Huggins William B Jones Atty for the Commonwealth

We J, R, Moors, James Healm, S, M, Yates William Floyeds, J. Gee, J C Hubibits, Is his in abond of three hundred dollars & since the time that we went in the bond Theodore Moores has runn of & left us to pay this bond of & all the parties proving in solvent one of them has to pay itall & we apale to your excgey to remit & release us from pay in the bond the John R Chim & Brother the men that he was charged of stellin of the money from hardly beleasves that it wood be sustaned agiainst Thedore Moors & there ar willing for the bond to be released it will brake up J, R, Moores if he has it to pay & it is the prayrs of all the pople of this town that it be releast

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& I will send afew of the names of Good loyel Sitisen of this town

J, B, Thomas J F Serles J Clonking, clk, J A, Tallers J B Evans W, F, Evans J, A, Rusar H Emerts, H, Bray E Silvy N Y Hillman J C MCmilling Bret Spers T Buckner John Ray, Samuel Ray J R Chism & Rober Chism W, Levans E D, Maxey A, Maxy H Maxy & I could get 100 hundred names in ashort time but I dont think it worth while to put them down in this case.. J, R, Moorss if you can possably faver him this time it will be ablessing on him & will save his famly from surference for it will take all he has if it has to be sold at this time to pay of the bond that is mention in this letter & it is with you As governer of Kentucky

When you answer send your letter to J, W, Counts Monroe County Ky

J R, Moorse sses he beleaves the states ments con taned in the fore going petition are true

J R ^his X mark^ Moors

Sworn to be fore me by J R Moores May the 5, 1861

J W Counts, clk m c