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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-0001-020-1490 MG22-79 to MG22-80

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To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner Michael Scott would respectfully represent that he was fined in the court of the Police Judge of the city of Frankfort, on the 10th of July 1861, the sum of ten dollars with costs upon a charge of breach of the peace --

This fine is still unpaid He is a very poor man, has a wife and five or six Two children small and helpless all dependant upon his labor for a support. He has resided in Franfort 20 or 30 years and this is the only time he was ever fined.

He is a hard working man and the money which will necessarily be taken to pay the fine is absolutely necessary for the sustenance of his family.

He promises he will not get into any such predicament again

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He respectfully prays your Excellency to pardon and remit the fine. The costs will be quite a punisment for his offence.

Mike ^his X mark^ Scott

We the undersigned believe the statement of the foregoing Petition to be true and respectfully ask that the fine be remitted.

W. J, Chinn Scott Brown R, A, Brawser Jno. N. Crutcher W C Sneed W Franklin G, W, Miller M B Chinn W. S, Dehoney G, W, Robb H R Williams John Harrod Sr G H Jett A Tarrant S A Scearce Eli B Getz Nelson Alley J, R Watson Ben Luckett

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W HGreenup Ben Fannel Philip Ott James Welch A Kahn John Augrave H Hardie Jas P. O-Hara P. Joyce T. Callaghan A. P. Williams

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Frankfort Po. Ct

Remitted B. M

$10 } misdemeanor Mike Scott IssdOcto. 5. 1861