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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-0001-020-1178 MG21-2 to MG21-3

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To his Excellency, The Govener of Kentucky.

At the last Term of the Police Court of Louisville your Petitioner, Henry Struck was fined the sum of $60, for the alledged offence of Selling liquor without License. He would represent to your Excellency that the Warrant in the case was served on him the 1st of Feb. of this year, That being satisfied of his innocence of the charge he employed Counsel to defend him. The case was called in March, at which Court he attended with all his witnesses and at great expense, but the Commonwealth not being ready the case was continued to the April Term. At the April Term the case was again called and tried and the Jury not being able to agree were dismissed, eleven of the Jury being in favor of his acquital. Again at the May Term the case was called and continued by the Commonwealth. At the June Term it was called again and tried and this Your Petitioner much to his astonishment and that of every one else was fined as above stated. He says he has been greatly aggrieved by it. and has been subject to heavy expenses and that without any guilt of any intention on his part to violate the law. He says the facts in the following

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Petition are all true and prays Your Excellency to release him from his Said finesd.

June 11th 1861

Henry Struck

The undersigned Petitioners state that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition are true. That they are satisfied that Henry Struck is not guilty of the charge for which he was fined. The proof was that he Kept a small Grocery and as all Grocers in this City ^do^ whether Licensed or not, Kept a small quantity of Beer and other Liquors. It was in proof that Struck was a social sort of a fellow and fond of a glass and when his friends come in he would treat them. Some of the Commonwealths Witnesses stated that when they offered to buy liquor, Struck would invariably reply he could not sell it. That if they would buy something else he would give them a drink. No Single Witness proved that he had ever sold a glass of Liquor On the Contrary it was in proof that a Policeman and others had tried in every way to catch him and could not do it. We are Ben Pulsford H G Perry Henry Pfeiffer, Jr. A. H. Speed Bushrod Williams Mosses Graham John Baker

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Jacob.. H.. Conrad Jno Hughes Wilgam Jangom N W Waller

assured that Mr Struck ought not to have been fined. That he is not guilty of any violation of law and intended none. We hope your Excellency will release him from his fine

H Jones John. H. Rodgers John Martz Thomas Slater Jerry Antte Paul Byerly Lake Kirby J A Bayre Jacob Young Peter Hermann T. Bronger John Kuhbauch Wiley Rogers A. H. Sinclair Donald A. Schuler John Houck John Birkel Conrad Drauts Ora Le De Le Thomas J. Osborn Jesse P Zimmerman John B Lentr James Holms Geo Schmitt George Schmtt, Jr Tobin Toite Conrad Winterstine Andrew Fritz Louis Sangolf T. Benjamin Doll Phillip Grieb Philipp Haas F. Froscher Gorge Kibler H Rautenbush John Routenbush Peter Handren William Lousey James Reynolds Joseph Fisher louis Eichrodt W. Lamppin. John M. Callahan M, T, Callahan J H Brown

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We are acquainted with the subscribers to this Petition. They are respectable citizens & several of them Policemen. Mr Struck is a clever German grocer who has resided here for several years & has set forth in his Petition substantially the facts proved before the Jury.

Geo. W. Johnston. W. G. Reasor

Geo. W. Sladder George Thompson. E. P. Rousseau D. Q. Rousseau George thopson Wm A. Lee. W. B Smith Frank Simon H. Busling

Remitted B. M. IsdJune 24