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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-0001-020-1154 MG20-306

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To his Hon B. Magoffin Governor &c

Your Petitioner Geo Huston will state that on the day of April 1861 one Patrick Wyatt was arrested by warrant for Peddling without Liscense and brought before the undersigned as Presiding Judge of the Union County court and a jury empannelled and the caase tried and a verdict and judgment for a fine of one hundred dollars against said Wyatt was rendered.

That upon the trial the accused produced Liscense regulary issued by the Jefferson County court for the state at large but said Patrick failed to produce the liscense to the clerk of Union County and have the same certified by him that believing the accused to have been ignorant of that feature of the law the Jury replevied $75 the portion of the fine belonging to the comwth and Wyatt paid the cost & county 1/4 25$. Hence your Petitioner requests a remission of the $25 fine

Geo Huston Judge U.- C. C.

June 18 1861

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Union Co. Ct. $100 } Pedling

Pat. Wyatt

Remitted B. M

Issd July 18. 1861