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 November 12, 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-0001-029-0613 R4-462

Calloway County, Kentucky Calloway County, Kentucky Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To His Excellency J. F. Robinson Govenor of Kentucky

Citizens of Callway Co We the undersigned would respectfully petition your Excellency that at our Late Circuit Court one A. S. McGuire was fined fifty dollars "for "unlawfully Shooting at another Now we are not the Judges whether the verdict is a Just one or not.= But can Say to your Excellency that McGuire is and old and infirm man. with a Large family to Support. and is unable to pay the fine, in fact he cannot pay it outside the walls of the County prison Therefore we would petition and Ask your Excellency to remit the fine against the old man McGuire --

Names Alexr. Holsappe Wm H Diuguid M H Eaker R H Graham W. Y. Ellison Oscar Holt, A, H, Wear P O Meloan Names S McKnight Wm Andrews W H Daily J J C J, J, Sledd J, W, Allen William Ryan S, C. C, Chas Curd W. T. Scott T M Jones

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J,, G,, McKnight D. C. C Circuit Court C. H. Smith J. B. England Clk Cty Court E F Alexander J J Guthrie Dr L, V, Adcock Willis Manning D W Manning J, B. Sherwood W. J. Stubblefield H, W, Harding J, T, Foster W_F. Hamilton Henry Petty J, N, Thrift -- John Thornton H A Kurtz M R Moore J. E. Miller County Atty

Sir Send me your active response the above petition. I have not got a great many names to it -- but I could get hundreds, if I thought it necessary -- I presented to no one that did not assign it and say he ought to have killed the men for he was indirectly protecting his family your Respty

J. E. Miller Cty Atty

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