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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-0001-020-1803 MG23-169 to MG23-170

1862-04-07 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 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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 Excelence of the governor of The Commonwealth of Ky your petioner John Smith would repectifull represent to your Excelence that some time in the year 1861 that he weent one Robert Right surity for his appearence in the Whitley Circuit Courte for the offence of Robery at the Aug term 1861 to answer the commonwealth for the offence of Robery larceny at the august term 1861 and the said Robert Right lived neare Russellville Tenesse that said Robert went home with the express understanding that he was to appeare in the Whitley Circuit cowrte on the first day of it next August term to answer the charge he states that previous to the first day of the next August tern 1861 that the loine between Kentuckey and tenesse was so blocaded that it was all most passible or was dangerous to pass he states that said Robert Right fail to a tend cowrte and the bond was forfeited and at the march term 1862 they was a Judgment Rendered against him for two hundred dollars on the forfeite Bond st your petitioner states that the granjury faile and Refused to find an iditement on said charge he states that they still have failed and now they is no such a charge in the Whitley Circuit Courte against Robert Right as or any other inditement against them him. Your petitioner states that he is in a pore man and if he has said fine to pay that it will greatley distress him he states that it wold be an act of charity to Remit said fine Judgment on said forfeited Reconizens

The prayers of your petitioner is that the Judgment on the forfeited Reconizens be remited and and for all proper Releaf.

Jon Smith

John Smith says he believes the states ments in the forgoing petition to be true

John Smith

Sworn to before me by John Smith this the 7th day of April 1862

Isaiah Bird J P W C

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We the under signed state says that we are a aquaited with the petticant and believs that it wod be act of charity to Remit said fine fine

Isaiah Bird John Ellison G. W. Parsons John John D R E. F. Adkins Wm S Mearitt James P James Cirthirth F Rury Wm Pebler Deny Meadows James Quillins Henry Mot J C Troby Tyrell Foley J S Brosfield Sol Stephens John Gleneath Joseph Neel John Hanson

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London May 3rd 1862 Gov Magoffin

I would be gratified if you would remit the within fine I believe that it should be done

yours respt Granville Pearl

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Whitley Cir. Ct John Smith To Petition

$200 } Recog -- Remission Issd June 9. 1862