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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-0001-020-2213 MG24-343

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Foleys case IssdSept 14 Remitted B. M

To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govr of Kentucky

Your petitioner Wm Foley now committed to the City Workhouse this day upon a "scire facias" would most respectfully state the Facts of the case in few words as follow" That in June 1859 he was presented before the Judge of the city court here, for alledged breach of the peace upon his wife Annie Foley, he was recognized in the sum of $100, with security to ansr at the next Term of the court, he being away from the State at the term the recognizance was forfeited to him & Security a scire facias issued, the security was let off & a Judgment taken vs him for the sum of $100, which Judgmt was allowed to rest until this morning when issued & he is taken to the workhouse, Your petitioner now says that he supposed the proceedings agst him were dismissed, the night before last his wife had a boy child when he rejoicing over it became exhilerated with his friends & was taken to the watchhouse badly & cruelly beaten by the police But discharged by the court & taken on the Sci fa The Indictment was dismissed there never was any proof of his guilty, but through carelessness in not employing a lawyer he finds himself in the workouse

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his plea to yr Excellency is that he was not guilty of any crime nor could they prove any upon him, he considered the whole thing dismissed long ago, he lives happily with his wife Annie by whom he has two children boys one 13 months & the other 36 hours old, he is poor but industrious & tries to make an honest support by daily labor, his wife needs his services & presence in her sickness which none can so well supply his friends tho attached to him are poor & cannot aid him in his present distress he has no property to raise means to pay this debt & begs Yr Excellency to remit his fine & his friends promise to pay the costs which will be as much as they can do possibly the costs amt to forty one or two dolls the atty gets 30 pr ct the clerk & Marshall &c get the rest with great respect Your petitioner will ever pray &c

William Foley

Sworn to before me the undersigned

To Govr Magoffin

Sir I am told this is truly a hard case & merits yr interposition with the greatest I am now yr obt servt

John Joyes

I have examined the records & find them as stated above

J. J.