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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-0001-020-2269 MG25-12

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To the Hon Beriah Magoffin

We would respectfully represent to Your Excellency that we were the jurors who tried Johnson Mains at this term of the Bracken Circuit Court. and we recommend him to the mercy of the Executive

Joshua Johnson R, C, Chapant R. S. Sailee Evan Pickrill M D

here is four of the Jurors of the five and he is not at home and will not be for two weeks and their fore i send this trusting to your excellency that you will pardon him and let him come home to his broken harted parents

Yours respectfully John W Mains

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I saw Mr Arthur the power of Attorney as i came home and he said he would write to you immediately the facts in the case and also Thornton marshal he wrote to you on thursday after i came home and i trust they are before you at this time that is the letters

John W Mains

W a Mclaughlin