Letter from Robert B. Armistead to His Excellency A.B. Moore; October 15, 1858
Item
Identifier
Q133511_133513
Title
Letter from Robert B. Armistead to His Excellency A.B. Moore; October 15, 1858
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Type
text
Creator
Armistead, Robert B.
Date
October 15, 1858
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. A letter from Robert Armistead to Governor Andrew B Moore requesting a remittance of fines in the case of Sheriff James G. Slater. Moore's decision is not included.
Format
Letter
Language
English
Place
Choctaw County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Parker Hutchens
Relation
Q133507_133510; Q133514
transcription
Butler [[Choctaw County (Ala.)|Choctaw Co.]] October 15th 1858
To His Excellency
Gov [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A.B. Moore]]
Sir
At the present term of the [[Circuit courts|Circuit Court]] [[Slater, James G.|James G. Slater]] Sheriff of this county was convicted under sections 182 & 183 of the Code and fined one hundred dollars. It appears from the executive doubt* of the sheriff that he had received for the county two dollars and on* the defendant’s offer to explain this the court decided that the issue was circumstantial, and therefor the exercise of the jury did not show that he had received any thing. The jury even knew the law as changed necessarily* often* to reach* a [[Verdicts.|verdict]] of guilty, but the* five* ruled* (quietly or guilty)* disproportioned* to 20* small* as* oversight.
The County Treasurer testified that the defendant told him during the Spring term that he had forgotten to reach* the statement on account of the smaller amount received and that he was there ready to pay it. There was in this an impulsive* admission of a receipt of something, but when* it is known that he did not keep his books ^himself it is probable that he did not know certainly what he had received.
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The Treasurer further testified that the defendant had often preferred* to pay whatever was due the county, but he had refused to receive it because the second* statement was not preferred* with the money.
Under their circumstances I re-commend the case to the exercise of your executive clemency, and hope your Excellency will see fit to requit* the fine.
I* am* Respectfully
Your obedient servant
[[Armistead, Robert B.|Robert B Armistead]]*
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To His Excellency
Gov. A.B. Moore
To His Excellency
Gov [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A.B. Moore]]
Sir
At the present term of the [[Circuit courts|Circuit Court]] [[Slater, James G.|James G. Slater]] Sheriff of this county was convicted under sections 182 & 183 of the Code and fined one hundred dollars. It appears from the executive doubt* of the sheriff that he had received for the county two dollars and on* the defendant’s offer to explain this the court decided that the issue was circumstantial, and therefor the exercise of the jury did not show that he had received any thing. The jury even knew the law as changed necessarily* often* to reach* a [[Verdicts.|verdict]] of guilty, but the* five* ruled* (quietly or guilty)* disproportioned* to 20* small* as* oversight.
The County Treasurer testified that the defendant told him during the Spring term that he had forgotten to reach* the statement on account of the smaller amount received and that he was there ready to pay it. There was in this an impulsive* admission of a receipt of something, but when* it is known that he did not keep his books ^himself it is probable that he did not know certainly what he had received.
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The Treasurer further testified that the defendant had often preferred* to pay whatever was due the county, but he had refused to receive it because the second* statement was not preferred* with the money.
Under their circumstances I re-commend the case to the exercise of your executive clemency, and hope your Excellency will see fit to requit* the fine.
I* am* Respectfully
Your obedient servant
[[Armistead, Robert B.|Robert B Armistead]]*
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To His Excellency
Gov. A.B. Moore
Subject
Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.; Crime--Alabama--History.