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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-0001-020-1076 MG20-174

Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky 1861-05-03 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Elkton May 3rd 1861 To his Excellency B Magoffin Governer of Ky Sir

Your Petitioner would respectfully state that at the april term of the Todd Circuit Court he was fined & Judgment of the Court had against him for twenty Dollars for retailing spiritous Liquors, in Todd County --

Your Petitioner would state that he was Jointly indicted with one Harry Mitchell for keeping a tipling house and on the trial of said indictment the proof was that your petitioner resided in Elkton and for the accomodation of the people of sharon Grove sent a small stock of staple Groceries to that point which were sold for him by said Mitchel who was a tavern keeper near said Grocery that no Liquors were kept in the Grocery House for sale that said Mitchel on one occasion when the witness called for Liquor sold witness a pint and delivered it to him in the grocery where the liquor came from witness did not know nor did he know whose liquor it was your petitioner states that he kept no Liquor for sale nor did he authorize any person to sell or dispense of Liquors for him wherefore believing his case is such an one as to authorise the interposition of Executive power he asks it in a release from so much of said Judgment as permitted by Law Respectfully

J. P. Sullivan

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Elkton May 3rd 1861 Gov Maggoffin Sir

The foregoing petition sets out substantially the facts of Mr Sullivan's Case, That he should be released from the Judgment as asked is due to him & justice if the Law was violated it was by Mitchel without authority or knowledge from the petitioner who resided some ten miles from where the Grocery was kept and is in evry respect a worthy, and law abiding citizen permit me us to hope that his petition will receive the favourable attention of your Excellency

your Fellow Citizen J A Russell H, G, Bibb W B Hanyon I have no doubt but that the the indictment against Sullivan was a malicous thing gotten up by his enemies to do him an injury and that the fine ought to be remitted