<title type="main">Hudson Johnson et al. to Beriah Magoffin Edition created from new transcripts of this manuscript. Initial upload of this work's facsimile images and metadata to FromThePage for editing Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Administrator of the CWGK Migration transcription project on FromThePage Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections made 3 edits between June 22, 2025 and June 22, 2025. Dynamic TEI export from FromThePage (version 22.10)

This image and transcription is publicly accessible. The image appears courtesy of the repository named in the Source Description. The transcription and annotation were undertaken by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. If referencing this document title, accession number, and permanent URL.

 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-0001-020-2211 MG24-340

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 "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
1

To Bariah McGoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners respectfully represent that at the May Term of the Hickman Criminal and Equity Court, John W. Long was indicted for the Murder of his Father William Long, the indictment was found at said Term and the defendent placed upon trial upon the fourth day after the finding of the Indictment by the Grand Jury.

During that time defendent was confined in the Jail of the County without any means to procure Counsel and without friends to assist him in his preperation for a trial; that Counsel was assigned the Defendent by the court, but owing to other professional engagements in said court they were prevented from giving such attention to the case as the importance of the case demanded.

Your petitioners state that there are several circumstances in this case which within opinion will recommend the case to Executive clemency -- these are, that, at the time of the killing both defendent and the deceased were very drunk and the finding of the Jury were upon the instructions of the court based entirely upon implied malice that the defendent is without any means to remove his case to the court of appeals and is now under the Judgment of the court

2

sentenced to be hung upon the 10th day of August 1860, Your petitioners therefore respectfully pray your interposition of clemency in his behalf, and that a commutation of his punishment be made to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a Term of years. & your petitioners will ever pray &

Names Hudson Johnson E P Riley S W Owens T H Owens J. Oneal W. H. Courtney H v Hobbs B F Jackson R.. R.. Jackson R George John Gorge W. W. Jackson Wm George J. J. Walker J A Bellamy Joseph G Marspita J. C. Bery B F Zook E S Rollinson G W Heinz J C. Williams Names B. W. Sharp E. G. Farmer G. W. Hines Les Courteny H,, Jackson C. McKinney W Kennedy R M Ferguson T A Ferguson N Boswell E. E. Thomas william by W J Pennibaker R T. Milburn S N Calvert J N Tate J. Cook Alfred Allen David Harp J. A. M Ternon W S Jordan J. D Peebles

3
4

To the Govner of the Commonwealth of Ky Petition of citizens of Hickman County