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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-0001-020-1743 MG23-66 to MG23-67

Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky 1862-03-17 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 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Mount Sterling Mch 17th/62 Gov. Magoffin --

David Wymore of this County was fined in this County $100 ^Sixty Dollars^ for selling liquor -- Some time ago, a Petition was forwarded to your Excellency to remit so much as was coming to the Commonwealth and it was reported here that you said you would interpose -- Judge Moon so stated here -- Nothing has been done by your Excellency to the present time and the exceution on the replevin bond is now pressing the sureties who will have to meet the debt -- The Execution issued last year --

Mr Wymore only sold for a friend who had stepped out of the Bar and he sold a few tumblers of whisky -- Your Excellency will rarely find my name asking for a remission of Fines, but this is a case which

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I am satisfied challenges the interposition of your Excellency --

The Petition I understand, was as originally handed to you by Judge Moon

Your obt St R Apperson

We concur in asking Gov. Magoffin to remit the fine of One Hundred Sixty Dollars against David Wymore --

He is a very poor, clever, honest man and he only sold for Mr Cain a little while in Cain's absence -- Cain has been fined for keeping tippling house & Wymore only sold for him -- March 17. 1862

C. R Myers James Turley W Halley John M Stephens G. W. Rose Jos. P McCormick A B Gatewood John G Kelly Thos Cath Jas Smith

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Jno L, Williams N B Thomas J. H Mark F. C. Barnes John Froman John N Shubert John S Wyatt Sheriff Montomery Co. John T Cox David Cox Geo Beatty James Turley Jno Maupin Wm C. M arrs John Shutts John. F. Kirtley P, A, Howard J T Hamilton J. J. Stephens R M Yates G P Powell A Stephens William Kirtley Robt Ramey

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Montgomery Cir. Ct $60 } Tipling D. Wymen IssdMar 19 1862

Remitted B. M