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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-0001-029-0280 R3-413 to R3-413A

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To His Excellency Gov Jas. F. Robertson

We the undersigned, citizens of Trigg County, Kentucky, would state that at the last February term of the Trigg Circuit Court J. H. Wilkinson had a judgement rendered against him of $5000 for shooting at one John S. Spiceland. The circumstances are about these. Mr Spiceland is a young man about 27 years old weighs 220 or 30 pounds, and very stout. Mr Wilkinson is a feeble man compared with the other, 46 or 8 years old, and a remarkably peaceable man. M. Spiceland had charge of a newspaper in this place, and about 3 years agoabaused said Wilkinson in such a manner that he deemed that his reputation at least required something of a retaliation. Wilkinson therefore made a publication in the Hopkinsville paper reflecting on Spiceland. Spiceland met Wilkinson a short time thereafter in a room and made a violent assault on him with a club, wounding him considerably, and saverly. Wilkinson saw him passing an hour or so afterwards and shot at him with a pistol without striking him. These are the facts, and the Comth Atty seeing that it would be a hardship for Wilkinson to pay the fine under the circumstances has remitted his share of the fine and we ask your Excellency to remit the Comth partion.

Robt. Burke Jno, W, Ritchie Thomas. H. Grinter J H Miller Jno W Chappell J. B. Aaken J W Gaines M. A. Smith Tho B Jefferson H W Wayland J. A. Hopper W Z Y Smith A. M. Searcey J. H. Wilkinson T, A, Wall Mat McKinney S F Wooten B J Wall J. S. Gardner Edw. G. Ragon Jno H Ragon R D Baker J M Wilkinson Thos T. Watson D M Ragon James Mitchell

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A, H, Poston J L Miller E. A. Slaughter E. Vinson, Jr G. Willis, Lindsay W, S, Humphries Wayman Wallis J. B. Hopson T J Wilgus D, W, Stewart J. H. Marquess A J. Humphries Wm. J. McCaughan Tho, C, Dabney Zeb Thompson A B Dyer J. W. Humphries W. H. Humphries S. S. Hopson Joel McKinney B. Baker F w Lester J. E. Baker N. G. Wilford John F Stewart J. T. Meyrs C N M'claughan A. Wimberly Milton Northington

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Trigg Cir Ct

Fine Remitted J F Robinson

$50 } Mis -- J. H. Wilkinson Iss Mar 13. 1863