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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863 KYR-0001-029-0251 R3-373 to R3-374

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To His Excellency J. F. Robinson, Governor of Kentucky,

We the undersigned petitioners would respectfully represent, to Your excellency that at the August Term 1862 of the Hancock Circuit Court one John Egloff a German was Indicted by the Grand Jury in three several cases two of which Indictments were for selling Spirits to Negroes and one for selling to a minor. -- They state that by an arrangement that made between Mr Egloff & the attorney for the Commonwealth that a Judgment was entered in one of the Cases agst him for $50. & $10 in each of the other cases. --

They would respectfully state to Your excellency that Mr Egloff is a verry old man and a large family dependent upon him for a support and he is verry poor. -- and without a home & has to depend upon his own exertions for a support for himself and family and that it would be a great hardship to enforce the collections of sd Judgment upon him that he is not familliar with the laws & usages of the country -- -- They bwould threfore respectfully request humbly pray your excellency to remit said fine against sd Egloff & they will ever pray &c

Jesse Rice Eldred. E. Fate, Clerk Ben. F. Miller Eli H Brown

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Edward Humphreys George W. Wheatley. Abram Brown Thomas J Ross Giles Chambers John Johnson J W Wilson Ed. Marble, James Kennedy Samuel Cornwell Micael Young J. B. Messinor R, M, Wilson Peter B young L G Lane Sr W R Baker Attry Adam Bube Wm Gerrard Wm Cook Abner Goodwin Stertt Saml,, Beard C, E, Price Mark Mason Peter Robertson John Cabton J. Jackson John C. Maskin W. W. Paber C. H Moredock Wm Cook John Clark E. S Alsop R Purcll John Emrich Frederick Powers W. S. Gibbs J. J. Storm James Pinor T, C, Pattie Jacob Knott N C Davison C. T. Hawes Joseph Fenwick Ludwig Bergenroth Joseph herron John Taylor W, Longest Dan Gillians G. W. McAdams W. H. Shelbey john Riches John G. Walker Edw Davidson John McBrown Presiding Judge

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Petition

Hancock Cir. Ct

The fine for Fifty dollars remitted the other two not remitted J F Robinson

$50. } liquor to a minor John Egloff Iss Feby 16. 1863