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 November 12, 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-0001-020-1621 MG22-276

Jefferson County, Kentucky Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-01-13 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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State of Kentucky Jefferson Circuit. January Term 1862 January 13. 1862 The Commonwealth Plff against } On Scirefacias Henry Seabolt Deft.

The deft being duly summoned and failing to answer. It is considered by the Court that the plaintiff recover of the defendant the sum of one hundred dollars the debt in the scire facias mentioned, Also her costs herein expended, And may have Exinzo

A Copy att Jas P Chambers c

To His Excellency Govr Magoffin. Dr Sir.

The above is a correct copy of a Judgement rendered at this term of the court, which I feel constrained to ask your Excellency to remit.

The deft was recognized to appear at the October Term as a witness in a misdemeanor case. He appeared at the opening of the Court but learning that the deft, his neighbor, was sick and could not attend, and supposing the case could not be tried in his ^(Defts)^ absence, he left the Court House & went home -- The case was not tried on a/c of the absence of Deft witnesses. Seabold was called upand failing to appear his bond was forfeited -- He is a poor, honest & upright young farmer; but very ignorant of legal procedure, He has heretofore attended punctually at the call of the case, and

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his absence upon this occasion, was the result of ignorance and not design. The collection of this judgment will greatly distress, and impoverish his family. And I hope your Excellency has sufficient confidence in me to believe that I would not appeal to you in a case that was not meritorious.

Hoping that you will remit this judgment I remain Your Obt Svt. Jas P. Chambers.

Remitted B. M

Jefferson Cir. Ct $100 } Recog Henry Seabolt IssdJany 17. 1862