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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-0001-020-2343 MG25-112 to MG25-113

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To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin Gov. of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully state that ^at^ the last April term of the Bullitt circuit court preston Troutman was fined the sum of three hundred dollars for assault upon L. H. Knopp. They state the indictment under which said fine was made, ^was^ against James pratt, Richard pratt, W. W. Hough Johnson Clark & the said Troutman, All the parties were acquitted except Troutman, he was unable to attend the trial on account of his wife's sickness; all the others were present at the trial, and many of them had more to do with the transaction than Troutman, & they were acquitted. Troutman lives in Mclean ^Davies^ county a long distance from the place of trial. He is a very poor & industrious man with a family & wholly unable to pay the fine if enforced against him it will bring his family to utter destitution we respectfully ask your excellency to remit said fine.

Sam Carothers T,, L,, Simpson J. P. D. C J C. Dent P. J. D C W W Hall D. C.

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J T Harris T J Burch alden P quint Wm Hardman A Hough M Alf Lewis E. Hardman D. R. Hardman Lewis D Hall W. P. Bams Jr Jo S Sanders Charles Hall F. M Stansbury R. H. Good M. D, R. A Sha, Charles. E. Vineland Moses Blank John Tyler S M Hobbs L R Brown J P. B. C J P Backus Robt. Hardesty Walter Maramer William Foster Henry. J. Troutman John M. Hugest J H Albright J W Stallings T L Payne Ken Chapeze Joseph Hardman James Foley Issac Collins George Abells William Barnes Sen Miner Hall Wm P Burdett H B Bridwell B Hairrs J X Stringer Ats John H Hough Al R. Carothers. M. B. C William Wigginton John Lewis Ed. H. Showalter Edward Roly James S Clark G. F. Collings Wm Fox. Thos J, Hall D S B C C. B. Webb William Croan L Hogland

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We the undersigned were a part of the jury that tried the case within named of Troutman, he was not present at the trial, the other defendants who were acquitted were present; and we are satisfied that the verdict has done Troutman injustice as were are now satisfied he had less to do with the transaction for which the indictment was found than many of the other defendants who were acquitted. He is a very poor man with a family & unable to pay the fine & if enforced it will bring his family to want. We respectfully ask your excellency to remit said fine.

H, J, Barns Z Stansbury Buford Scott Charles Carrithers Nathan Hall B. W. Ridgway C Bell J. M. Shanklin Sandford Foster Leroy Ferguson Kentucky Bullitt Circuit Sct

I, Charles R. Samuels Clerk of the Court aforesaid do certify that the 10 names on this side of this paper is the names of the Jurors who tried the case therein Setforth the Jury were composed of 11 Jurors

Ch R. Samuels Clk Bullitt Circuit Court

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Remitted B M.