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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-0001-020-2218 MG24-348

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To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Govenor of the Commonwealth of Ky

Your petitioner would most respectfully represent unto your Excellency that at the last Sept Term 1859 of the Knox Circuit Court he was indicted for the offense of Gaming. and at the present Term of said Court (Sept Term 1860) he personally appeared in court and thecourt and the Judge of said court assesed against him a fine of twenty dollars ^$20^ He says that he is very sory indeed that he has to say to your Excellency that it was his unfortunate to have been engaged in the game. He says that gaming has become so very fashionable in every circle of society that he did not dream of a penalty for engaging or implicating in a social polite friendly game for a little of the He says it is the last scrape he will ever be caught

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in He says that he is poor and has a family to take care of and that it is greatly times up here in the mountains about money & that it will distress him greatly to have the fine and cost to pay He prays that your Excelly will remit the fine against him & H H

Peter Hinkle Remitted Jno Lepsey B. M.

We the undersigned citizen of Knox County would like to see your Excellency remit the above fee against Peter Hinkle

F P Hickly D. F. Davis John W Cullen W A Dozier A B Cullen John K, Dickinson B S Pinson William Shelton P F Hopper of Knox Duey James Triggle John G. Eve J. W. Anderson M. L Rice I know Mr Hinkle to be a clever gentleman is a young & poor only plaid cards for a