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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-0001-029-0616 R4-466 to R4-467

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1862-02-03 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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His Excellency B Magoffin Gov. of Kenty

Your Petitioner Lewis Goodwall would most respectfully State that at the October term 1860 of the Jefferson Circuit Court he was tried for a felony in Said Court and Convicted and sent to the Penitentiary for the term of three years where he has been Confined at hard labour Ever Since &c -- Now your petitioner would State honestly that he is between 70 & 80 years of age -- that this is the first charge Ever made against him -- and that he is not conscious of committing the offence -- at the time it was committed -- he was charged with killing a cow, the property of Valentine Keardall, skinning the cow and leaving the carcass on the command in Louisville -- If I committed the offence I was not in a state of mind to recollect it -- tho the proof was against me -- He says that he is now very old and feble -- that up to that time he had always born a good name and done Justly towards all men -- that he can cannot live much longer -- that he has already Suffered much and that in view of all the facts of the case he implores your Excellency to grant him a pardon and he will ever pray &c

Lewis Goodwall

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We the undersigned were Members of the Jury who tried the within petitioner and unite with him in asking your Excellency to Pardon him Feby 3d 1862

D C Hinskall S Spalding Jr W N Hyden John Trainor L R Thompson G. P. Williams B. W.

We the undersigned Citizens of Louisville unite with the said petitioner in asking your Excellency to grant him a pardon believing his a case that appeals to Executive Clemency

Thos Jno, R, Gheens A J Woodruff Marshall Hulbert Darole Schrollt Henry Hunter Geo. P. Dasry John H Rohr John Kahlhepp, C L Gupner John Carwein C. S. Phillips M N Reaugh Geo W. Johnston. Billing & Dreisbach H. Bindswale C Henry Finck Jacob Larul F Russ J Kurd Hank Klein Charle Schuster Louis M Haywood C F Topping Warwick Lynn Geo. K. Sloan J. N, Collins

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Jefferson Cir. Ct Pettn of Lewis Goodwall Pardon Granted J F Robinson Felony 3 yrs. Penty Pardon Issd Aug 24 1863