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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-0001-020-1909 MG23-336

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May 23th 1862 Mr. B. Magoffin Governor of the Com of Kentucky Dear Sir

I Presume it is not nesessary to ad Menny words to let you now that I am unjustly confined hear in jale at Springfield Simly Simply for a fine of fifty Dollars has just come against Me This present court now in Session I must Ecknowlledge it is a verry umpleasent thing to Me to ax sutch a favour of you & to disscribe sutch a case esspesely one of My own

The fine was for carrying a consealed we^a^pon I live near chaplin town nelson co I had some busness in washington co the latter part of the last summer while i was over there attending to My busness I was adtaced By three Men two with ^knives^ Drowned the other with A club while i was passing the road as they run upt to Me I Drew a pist^l^to but did not shuit their was now one hurt i had said that i was going to pr^e^sent them they got in before Me sometime before this one of these three had run after Me with his gun & threten to shuit Me i was towled by several to go armed when i went Among them and be on My watch that i wasent safe owing to a hurt that i got had not bin able to make enny preper^ation^ far triel so it was tryed i had no counsel nor

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witness nor not even time to object to the jury there was a good number of them from the same neighborhood in the north Part of the county

I wil send you ^a^ coppy of it and of reckamendation i had Got up to yuse in My suit of the Most reliable Men in the neighbourhood of Chaplin town

Governor Please send Me a remittance of it only shortting shortens My time a few dayes it is no use In keeaping Me hear to run the county to expense to satisfy a wicket

set youres

T. J. Smith

Washington Cir Ct $50 } Concealed Weapons Tho. J. Smith Remission IssdMay 28 1862