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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-0001-020-1883 MG23-295 to MG23-296

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Julia Dean would respcetfully state, that she was indicted in March 1862 in the city court of Louisville for keeping a disorderly House, & on the 8th day of April 1862 she was fined on said indictment $7500/00,

She humbly states that she is a widow, & that her house was frequented by soldiers as they passed through the city, & that she was unable to retrain their violence, & from this cause her house gained the repute of disorderly. She states that she done all in her power to preserve order; but with men who had been subject for a long time, to riggid Military disciplin, it was an utter impossibility to controle them. When such men as these were permited by their officers to roam the city over, is it strange that any house they should frequent should gain the unenviable reput of disorderly,

Your Excellency will permit the sugjestion that all soldiers are disorderly & riotous when permited to go where they please.

Your petitioner is a poor widow woman and unable to pay the fine imposed, & she prays your Excellency to remit it.

With great respect I subscribe my self. Your obedient servant Julia ^her X mark^ Dean

Attest J. H. Price

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We the undersigned neighbors respectfully join in the prayer of the Petition

G Y Barth H H Miller Christian Hartmann W. Hendrick Charles G. Worth Philipp Doll Larenz Aman Barz Ryan police W R Shrader one of the Jury Sanford Daring police Off Russell D M C L I do think the fine is too mutch

It is true as stated in the Petition that Mrs Dean is a widow & has several children, It is also true that there was a considerable resort of soldiers at her house & that many of the soldiers have been very disorderly & it has been with some difficulty that the police have been enabled at all times to preseve the peace, Mr Ryan who has signed this petition is a Policeman in the ward in which Petitioner lives & knows the facts stated better than any one else,

Geo. W. Johnston.

The persons who have signed the foregoing, are citizens of Louisville and neighbors of the petitioner -- Mr. Ryan and Mr. Dearing are policemen in the ward in which she lives and Mr. Russell is Deputy marshal of the city Court -- they are reliable men and fully competent to Judge of the merits of the case -- I

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concur in the prayer of the petition --

Very respectfully R F Baird Atto at Law

A remission of the foregoing Judgment granted upon the personal application of of Mr Ryan a policeman residing on same square of petitioner --

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RejectedRemitted B M

Lousville City Ct $75 } Disorderly House Juila Dean Iss. May 17. 1862