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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-0001-020-1269 MG21-143

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To His Excellency Beriah MaGoffin Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner Albert Shannon would respectfully represent to your Excellency that on the day of July 1861 he was tryed before John R Graham Esq Police Judge of the city of Frankfort upon a warrant charging your petitioner with having committed a Breach of the peace in the said City on the night of the day of July 1861by loud Your petitioner would represent that he was on said warrant fined The Sum of five dollars & costs. & would respectfully ask that your Excellency will exercise Executive Clemency towards him by remitting so much of said fine as is not due to the officers of said City

Respectfully Albert Shannon

We the undersigned would respectfully unite with Albert Shannon his above Petition --

Will H. Sneed Gray J Todd W M Stephens H I Todd A Kahr P Joyce

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Frankfort Po. Ct

A Shannon Petition to the Governor

Respite 12 Mos B, M

$5. } Breach

IssdJuly 16 1861