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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-0001-020-1495 MG22-89

Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky 1861-10-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To his Excellency B, Magoffin

We the Undersigned Citizens of Newport would most respectfully represent, that on the day of October 1861, William Girty a Citizen of this place was fined by the Mayor of the City of Newport, the sum of Thirty dollars and sentenced to 15 days imprisonment in the County Jail, for the offense of committing a breach of the peace, The facts in the case are these,- Said Girty and another young man had some words when they struck each other with nothing but their fists, an officer seeing the affair arrested Girty whoe quietly submitted to the arrest, we think the punishment not commensurate with the offense, but that it was extrodinary & unusually severe and arbitrary, The case differed nothing from ordinary little difficulties in our town, We think Mr Girty's case calls for your Excellency's interposition and we ask that the Executive clemency be exercised in his behalf and your petitioners will ever pray. Newport, Ky Octr 18th 1861

H, A, Boyd Geo R Fearons H D Helm F. M. Webster W, P, Craig

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Newport Mayors Ct. $30. } Mis -- Wm Girty IssdOct 26, 1861

Remitted B. M