I. W. Woodside to Beriah Magoffin

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KYR-0001-020-0388

Document Genre

Petition

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862

Item Location

MG18-95 to MG18-96

Place of Creation

Boyd County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

October 1860

Dates Mentioned

1860-10

1860-02-25

1860-04-17

1860-10-05

1861-01-25

I. W. Woodside to Beriah Magoffin, October 1860, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, MG18-95 to MG18-96, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0388, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Boyd County Kentucky
October the [ ] day 1860

To his Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Petitioner Isaiah W. Woodside, Resident of Ritchie County and state of Virginia would respectfully represent unto Your Excellency that on the last saturday in February 1860 went to the house of one Abram Adams in the County of Greenup & state of Kentucky being somewhat intoxicated, said Adams being a tavern Keeper of said County, your petitioner being intoxicated when he went to the house of said Adams, and he let your petitioner have whiskey until he became so intoxicated and as he understands pushed him out of the dooor as he understands and your petitioner threw a small rock and struck the door and no other damage done being perfectly so drunken that he did not know what he was doing and by the violation of law of Said Adams letting your petitioner have spirits when he was drunk and the imprudence of your petitioner the act was done, which he acknowledges on his part was wrong and is willing to pay for and promises to do so no more, that same night your petitioner was arrested with out a warrant as he is informed -- no trial was had until the 17^th day of April 1860. which was then had before on Peres Randall without any authority of law. a Jury was pretended to be summoned and a verdict of $30, was given against your petitioner, and as he thought would have to go to Jail i[in]
the County of Greenup and stay there fifteen days or give a replevin bond and One Jacob Morgan being a reletive of mine rather than see me go to Jail and being on a visit to see him went my securtiy in the bond who is a poor man and [having a] large family will have to pay the debt, but your petitioner will ^further^ state that the said Peres Randall pretending to act as a Police Judge of the town of Catlettsburg had a Jury summoned a trial had, a fine Imposed and bond given all without authority of law and a clear violation of the legal rights of any person whatever, and therefore as any no great damage was done that your excellency will remit all of said fine or such part as he deems right and hoping that the prayer of your petitioners will be heard your &c will ever pray
P. S.
and that Execution is about to Issue and will greatly harras the security of your petitioner

I, W. Woodside

I John Wilson Police Judge of the town of Catlettsburg and County of Boyd and State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the said I,, W. Woodside petitioner above personally appeared before me on the 5^th day of October 1860 and made oath to the facts ~~to the~~ as stated in the petition and that the statements therein contains a full and fair statement of said case given under may hand the day and date above written

John Wilson P, J, T, C,

The undersigned citizens of Boyd County formerly Greenup County petition his excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to grant the I, W Woodside the petitioner hereunto annexed a remittance of said fine or such part as will Justify good [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]

Kelsey N, Harris
Tho^s J, Layns
J. W.. M^cIntyre
C. S. Guilkey
g thompson
Alfred Thompson
Frank Fairbairn
W^m H, Johnson
George W Walter
J N Layne
William Ferguson
Thomas Ferguson
C, E, Hood
R, M, WEddington
Jas; F, Jenkins
E, K, Gaviet

Catlettsburg Po. Ct.

Respite 12 mo
B. M

$50 } Breach
J. W. Woodside
Iss^d Jay 25. 1861

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