<title type="main">John Bailey et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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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-0001-020-1203 MG21-42

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To his Excelency Beriah Magoffin Esqr -- Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Whereas John Robberts was indicted one at the May term of the owsley Circuit Court 1861 was tried and found guilty of carrying consealed deadly weapons to wit a pistol. ^and fined $50.^ your petitioners would respectfully state to your Excelency that he is a very pore man with a wife and several small children. owing to the scarsety of money and his poverty if the Collection of sd fine is forced he would be forced to go to prison for sd fine

now we your petitioner would respectfully request your Excellency to remit so much of sd fine as your Excelency has the power to remit believing t is a case worthy of your Excelencys Clemency

John Bailey= E Main T J Greer John W Brandenburgh Joseph Rellner Shelton White T Stone L. W. Blount B N Lutz Ben Mcgee Z Phillips B F Phillips H C Jones E. G. Crioch James Morris Mitchell Gunn A Gunn Wm Baldwin H Daniel Daniel Jno Hyden Robt Wilson John Beatty Benjn Betners S E. R. Begley Elijah Durben S G White

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A B Hampton W. S. McGuire K A. Hargis James Hacker H J, Clark J O Lyttle Robert Barr J W Daniel Wm M, Fulkerson A. B. Gilburt J. M. Gabbard Wm C Judd J. E. Gibson M G Mize Ostin Palmer H F Wousley J. W. Moore Silas Boures T J Treadway E B Treadway Sheriff D B Capps clk

Remitted B, M Issd June 24