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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-0001-020-1388 MG21-330 to MG21-331

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To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Union County would represent that in the Month of July last John Thompson was arrested, tried and convicted for selling whisky on the day of the June election and fined forty Dollars for said offence and also twenty dollars for fighting on that day. Mr Thompson is a young man of good character, and has always a peaceable law abiding citizens, never before to our knowledge violated the law by fighting or otherwise and we believe that all which he did on this day was the result of one of those casualties to which the best of young men sometimes subject themselves. We would state there is little money in the country no sales of property can be affected except at ruinous sacrifices and if that $60 fine is permitted to be collected it will bankrupt Mr Thompson completely as it would take Property under ordinary circumstances worth near five hundred Dollars to pay it. We ask for him a remission of said fine & will ever pray &c

B P Cissell John S. Gugen Tho. S. Chapman Lafayette Martin M. R. Waller J. S. Berry J. S. Berry E. Y. Cowgill C. H. Buckman

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A Hanger

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George. J. Fenwick Joseph. H. Butler James. M. Girten J. W. Manning G. M. Hampton C B Hager J M. Cambon Samuel Daul S. B. Hughes John Payne Henry duchy Thos J Beten W T Hardy J. G. Hughes Thomas Pritchett S T Welden J M halman C F Pike James W Hardisty John Thompson Enoch H Floyd P M Keary B S Riney J N Wather Thomas A Wather W T Fenwick N. S. Hughes S. L. Willett John Payne Jr James Roberts J Wakefield Charles Wize Geo Fowler

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S R Hardisty Joseph Hosman W R yates R S Spalding D Sheff U C William L Smith gorey h weding Mark Smith Philip Greenwell R. A. Spalding

Union Cir Ct

Remitted B. M

$40 } Liquor $20. } Fighting Jno Thompson

IssdSept 10. 1861