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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-0001-029-0615 R4-465

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Union Circuit Court

We the undersigned persons who tried & convicted Milton Crossley of rape at the April Term 1861 & sentenced him to confinement in the Ky penitentiary for ten years respectfully petition his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky to pardon him from further service -- We believe he has now fully expiated his guilt -- We indeed had a reasonable doubt of his guilt but thought a verdict of guilty demanded by the instructions of the court=

H B Riddle William tear M. R. Waller T. S. Waller Geo W. Davis E, L, Givens Cha, N Burkman Wm Jones T B Rabersorn Thomas McMurray L Thomas John H. Wright

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