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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-0001-020-1736 MG23-57

Rockcastle County, Kentucky Rockcastle County, Kentucky 1862-03-01 Petition 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 Rockcastle County } Sct To his Excellency Goviner McGoffen. Frankfort Ky.

Your Petitioner Daniel G. Colyer would Respectfully represent, that at the February Tirm of the Rockcastle circuit court 1862. a true bill was found against him for retailing Speritus liquars. at his residence in Rockcastle County Ky. the fall of the year 1861 that his residence is an old Tavern Stand, and at the time he made the sale his house was not licenced. That he has ever kept an orderly House. and upon Said enditiment -- he did on the 1th day of March 1862 confessed Judgment in the Rockcastle Circuit Court for $20 -- & cost -- he would respectfully represent that he only made Sale of one (5 -- ) cents worth of whisky, upon which said enditement were found= that the sale of liquares has been a very unproffitable business to him -- that he is poor & has a large Family to suport= and is unable to pay. and is now getting old. and not well able to work. he therefour

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respectfully aske. Your Honor. to remit the fine. and as in duly bound will ever pray &c.

D, G, Colyer

Sworn to and Subscribed by D G Colyer March 1st 1862

E T Fish C R C C

We the undersigned respectfully aske, that this fine or Judgment be remitted,

Wm McCline S R C E T Fish clk A Smith, D C

Gov Magoffin

Dear sir I am satisfied that the Statments contained in the petition of Daniel Colyer is true in every particular I believe the fine ought to be remited yours Respectfully

Granville Pearl

I believe the fine ought to be remited

Charles Kurtz atto for comwlth protem