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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-0001-020-1754 MG23-82 to MG23-83

Kenton County, Kentucky Kenton County, Kentucky 1862-03-31 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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To the Honourable The Governor of Ky

Your Petetioners would respectfully represent to you Honour that at the March Term of the Kenton Circuit Court, Catherine Ford was convicted of Entering into the dwelling house of one David Wescott- and taking therefrom a small piece of Bacon valued at 25 Cents for which she was Sentenced to the penitentiary for one year she is a very poor Woman and is Pregnant and will be confined in above 4 months she is not a bad woman her husband was tried at the same time for the same offince and was acquitted under all the Circumstances we the jury who tried the case think She ought to be pardoned and believing she was driven to do what she did from want we respectfully ask your honour to interfiere and relieve her from the penalty thus inflicted and Your Petitioners Jurors who tried the Case will Ever pray &C --

Names of Jurors Adam Glue W. E. Ashbrook Joab Scales F. Herrmann W. M. Bennett G W Marshall G W Crist Wm Lang C H. Railey R. Hemingray Names of Jurors Wm T. Craig

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I certify that the names of the Jurymen Signed to the foregoing petition are the names of Jurymen that tried the Case given under my hand this 31st day of March 1862

N. B. Stephens Clk By A. C. Ellis D C

One of the Jurors resides in the Country and I have not seen him I think the applicant ought to pardoned and save Expence to the state

S. C. Perrin

N B please notice and answer soon & Direct to me

S. C. Perrin atty

Hon B Magoffin

Kenton Cir, Ct. Catharine Ford Petition --

Larceny 1 yr Penty

Issue pardon B. M

IssdApr. 8. 1862