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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-0001-020-2103 MG24-155 to MG24-156

Mason County, Kentucky Mason County, Kentucky 1862-08-13 Legal/Financial 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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I James H Berry Clerk of the Mason Circuit Court do hereby certify that the following named persons sat as a jury upon the trial of William Calvin who was fined at the last July Term 1862 Benedict Kirk Peter L Parker Ha M Boyd F W Long Wm H. Pollett Peter S Anderson John R Key Charles Anderson Lewis S Walker Alexander F Power Robert F Means and Thomas Suit, none of whose names are signed to the foregoing petition.

August 13 1862 James H Berry Clk M Ct ct

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Mason County Ky

Wm Colvin states that he has just been fined $50 for carrying concealed a pistol by a jury of Mason County He states that this pistol he borrowed of Mr Ralls at Maysville a few days before the witness saw him with it, for the purpose of defending himself against Allen Brownfield a desperate man who had threatened to shoot him before 10' o'clk next day He states that Wm Masterson told him that Brownfield has made such a threat against him, & this affiant believe it & obtained the pistol for the sole purpose of defending himself against Brownfield The Indictment was found Octo Term 1859, & affiant was down the for several terms afterwards working at his trade & knew nothing about it till he got back At that time both Ralls & Masterson were gone away Masterson joined the U S Army & Ralls went off to Florida, as he affiant learned & he could not get them to Court These facts he swore to this day & moved the Court for a Continuance, but the Court said they might never come back, and affiant must try & appeal to the Govr to remit the fine He had therefore to try without his witnesses He swears these facts are true

Wm Colvin

To His Excellency Govr Magoffin

We the Jury, who found the verdict against Mr Colvin, respectfully petition the Govr to remit Mr Colvins fine We heard him swear

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to the foregoing facts & believe him He is a poor young laboring man, & the fine will fall heavily upon him, for doing perhaps only a lawful act.

July 29th 1962.

Peter S Anderson John R Key C L Anderson P L. Parker L. S. Walker W H Pollett Long cc R F Means A F Power

We concur in the above petition most heartily

W. H. Wadsworth Emery Whitaker Will P. Coons Jno R. Clarke F H Bierbower F B Trussell.

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Mason Cir Ct Remitted

JFR. Issued August 20 1862