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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-0001-020-1319 MG21-216 to MG21-217

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To his Excellency B. Magoffin, Govr. of the State of Kentucky.

Your subscribir, & petitioner would respectfully represent, that at the Equity & Criminal Court in & for the County of Edmondson, at the march term last past of said Court, he confessed a Judgt. for the sum of 200$ for gaming in said County. FSixtydollars of said fine going to the Comths Atty & which he has made arrangements to pay, the remainder to wit $140.00 Soon falls due, said judgment having been replevied.

The truth is, your petitioner is a novice in the "art & mystery" of gaming & got into a littlespree & found himself in the County of Edmondson, somewhat out of his "bailiwick" & very improperly indulged in a game for which he is honestly ashamed & truly penitent & thinks, (he being the judge in the case) that the amt he is compelled to pay the atty. for the State & the costs of the prosecution, is fine Enough for the initiation fee of one who pledges your excellency that he has graduated & satisfied with his experience in the aforesaid business & not only willing but determined to "close business." He respectfully begs your excellency to entertain his vices of the case as to the sufficiency of the amt he should pay inthecase. He asks permission to say further that he is a young man, just entering on "the battle of life" with a young & interesting wife & one child, & no estate beyond a support for himself & family. the premises considered he respectfully prays a remission of the aforesaid fine.

John Underhill

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We the subscribers, believing, & some of us, knowing Mr. John Underhill to be a sober industrious & good citizen, unite in the prayer of the foregoing petition

Wm V. Loving

John B. Tyler W. R. Dunn Luther Carpenter B, C, Grider P. J. Potter C E. Blanett

I have enquired ^into,^ and I think fully under Stand the facts relative to the above named case, The Information I have is I know from Sources fully reliable, and I am Satisfied that his case is one to which the clemency of the executive should be extended, In a remission of his fine the executive, will but do an act of Justice to a poor man who as I am informed and believe has reformed, and who will not in future engage in the violation of the laws. As I remarked he is a poor man with an ^interesting^ family dependent upon him and, and the payment of Said fine would be at the Sacrifice of of many of the comforts of his family

Wm B Jones Atty for the Comth

B C White S. D. Carpenter S F Johnson H. C. Ewing W. M. White M O White John L Gary G. A. DeLong N. H. Hewitt J B Clark A B Gardner J H Grider R H Morris Wm E Keel W t White Sed P Smith S V Goode W. T. Davis R W Hendrick Robt Davis Thos Killpatrick F. G. Thompson R J Young H Wilson

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Edmonson Eq Ct $200. } Gaming Jno Underhill IssdAug 15. 1861

Remitted B. M