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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-0001-020-1719 MG23-33 to MG23-34

Daviess County, Kentucky Daviess County, Kentucky Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Daviess Circuit Court To The Honorable Beriah Magoffin Governor of the State of Ky.

Your petitioners would respectfully represent that on the day of 1861 the Grand Jury of Daviess County Ky found thewo indictments against Geo Wecker for Suffering & permitting unlawfull gaming in his house and that at the Feb -- 1862 of said Court said Wecker was found guilty on each indictment and was fined two hundred dollars on each, making four hundred dollars -- the evidence showed that the betting was only for cigars, Beer &c &c nothing having been bet at any time of larger value -- Said Wecker is a peaceable, quiet, orderly citizen, industrious & harding ^working^ man with a large family to support -- We think it a great hardship upon Mr. Wecker to have to pay such a penality, So disproportionate to the offense -- and therefore ask your honor to remit as much of Said fines as in your power

Geo W Swoope Atto for Commth pro tem G, W, Ray att,y W N Forney att,y A G Bolts att,y John H. McHenry ' ' ' Geo H Yeoman ' ' G B Mitchell Jailor James Stuart Circuit Judge Geo W Taylor D. C. Ct. Ct.

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Remitted B. M Daviess Cir. Ct Petition To B. Magoffin Gov.

$200 2 judg each } Gaming Geo. Wecker IssdMar. 27. 1862