Remitment from A.B. Moore to the Executive Department; July 27, 1860. Petition from citizens of Montegomery County to Governor A.B. Moore; February 1860
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Identifier
Q135731_Q135732
Title
Remitment from A.B. Moore to the Executive Department; July 27, 1860. Petition from citizens of Montegomery County to Governor A.B. Moore; February 1860
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Type
text
Creator
Multiple creators
Date
1860 July 27; 1860 February
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. A remitment from Governor Andrew B. Moore requesting executive clemency for Gromwelle to the Executive Department. A petition from citizens of Montegomery County requesting for the commendation of a ligher sentence for Gromwelle is attached to the remitment. The support for the commendation S.D. Hale and P.F. Sayre is attached to the petition.
Format
Petition
Language
English
Place
Montgomery County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Kate Wilson
transcription
Executive Department
27 July 1860
Upon the recommendation of the Judge who presided at the [hive?] of [s]job[/s] Gromwelle a slave who was convicted of the murder of Jon O [Hovs?], of the last term of the circuit court of Montgomery County and sentenced to be hung on the day of morale work, and also [cifoore?] the petitioners of the [sentencer?] who prose-cuted the above Gromwelle and few of the jury who convicted him. His punishment [scribble] commuted and instead of hanging him the sheriff is [required?] to brand him on the left hand with ^the^ little “u” and cuffed one hundred lashes upon the naked back of said slave. This commute [wu?] [scribble] granted upon our desire that the owner of said slave promises + agrees to take said slave out of the state [trashcan?] [hey?] day and the sheriff is directed to keep him custody until his owner is ready to take hime away who must payto the jailor his fees for [respng?] <s>huu</s> said slave
A. B. Moore
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Her Hali of Ala Montgmery Co Feb 1860
We the jury who [Gee?] Gromwelle a haas for the murder of John a Haas recommend to governor other Heals the commendation of the punishment to whipping + branding.
A H Ju Husan
James M Hullington
William M Smitii
Calim Reynolds
S H Johnston
A. A. Cook
Allen Jensen
N O Mason
Yho. W. Chiies
Sam Lacy
I concur <u>fully</u> in the above recommendation
S. D. Hale
P. F. Sayre
Governor [[Moore, Andrew Barry, 1803-1873|A. B. Moore]][[Watts, N. A.|N. A. Watts]][[Unknown, Gromwelle|Gromwelle Unknown]][[Enslaved people|slave/s]][[African Americans|black/s]][[African Americans|Negro/es]][[Jails|jail/s]]
27 July 1860
Upon the recommendation of the Judge who presided at the [hive?] of [s]job[/s] Gromwelle a slave who was convicted of the murder of Jon O [Hovs?], of the last term of the circuit court of Montgomery County and sentenced to be hung on the day of morale work, and also [cifoore?] the petitioners of the [sentencer?] who prose-cuted the above Gromwelle and few of the jury who convicted him. His punishment [scribble] commuted and instead of hanging him the sheriff is [required?] to brand him on the left hand with ^the^ little “u” and cuffed one hundred lashes upon the naked back of said slave. This commute [wu?] [scribble] granted upon our desire that the owner of said slave promises + agrees to take said slave out of the state [trashcan?] [hey?] day and the sheriff is directed to keep him custody until his owner is ready to take hime away who must payto the jailor his fees for [respng?] <s>huu</s> said slave
A. B. Moore
[page break]
Her Hali of Ala Montgmery Co Feb 1860
We the jury who [Gee?] Gromwelle a haas for the murder of John a Haas recommend to governor other Heals the commendation of the punishment to whipping + branding.
A H Ju Husan
James M Hullington
William M Smitii
Calim Reynolds
S H Johnston
A. A. Cook
Allen Jensen
N O Mason
Yho. W. Chiies
Sam Lacy
I concur <u>fully</u> in the above recommendation
S. D. Hale
P. F. Sayre
Governor [[Moore, Andrew Barry, 1803-1873|A. B. Moore]][[Watts, N. A.|N. A. Watts]][[Unknown, Gromwelle|Gromwelle Unknown]][[Enslaved people|slave/s]][[African Americans|black/s]][[African Americans|Negro/es]][[Jails|jail/s]]
Subject
Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.; Alabama--History--19th Century.; Crime--Alabama--History.; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History.; Slavery--Alabama--History--19th century. ; Governors--Alabama--1860-1870