Letter from N. E. Vanloose to Andrew B. Moore; December 10, 1859
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Identifier
Q0000133572 - Q0000133573
Title
Letter from N. E. Vanloose to Andrew B. Moore; December 10, 1859
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Type
text
Creator
N. E. Vanloose
Date
12/10/1859
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Letter from N. E. Vanloose to Andrew B. Moore requesting the remmitance of the imprisonment of William Bickentstaff.
Format
Letter
Language
English
Place
Walker County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Riley LoCurto
transcription
[[Montgomery (Ala.)]] Dec 10<sup>th</sup> 1859
To His Excellency [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1973|Andrew B Moore]] Present
Sir At the Fall Term ^of^ the [[Circuit couts|circuit court]] of [[Walker County (Ala.)|County of Walker]] one W<sup>m</sup> Bickustaff was convicted for playing cards [[Gambling|gambled]] with a Slave [[Enslaved people|slave]] and was fined seventy five dolls (75$) and sentenced to three months imprison-ment in the county jail— the only evidence against him was is own statement made in a drunken fit— he has a blind wife who is a most excellent woman. Bickustaff is when sober an industrious man when drunk almost a maniac— there was evidence before the court on a motion for a new trial that Bickustaff did not know how to play cards. under all the circumstances I think the imprisonment should be remitted
Very Respectfully
N. E. Vanloose Solicitor
of 7<sup>th</sup> circuit
Executive Department [[Alabama. Governor’s Office|Executive Department]]
<sup>th</sup> Dec 1839
For the [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] by the Solicitor & a — to the same effect had with [unlcear] Coleman <s>to the same effect</s> I have remitted the imprisonment <s>[unclear]</s>
A. B. Moore
[page break]
W<sup>m</sup>
imprisonment
remitted
Dec 17 1859
To His Excellency [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1973|Andrew B Moore]] Present
Sir At the Fall Term ^of^ the [[Circuit couts|circuit court]] of [[Walker County (Ala.)|County of Walker]] one W<sup>m</sup> Bickustaff was convicted for playing cards [[Gambling|gambled]] with a Slave [[Enslaved people|slave]] and was fined seventy five dolls (75$) and sentenced to three months imprison-ment in the county jail— the only evidence against him was is own statement made in a drunken fit— he has a blind wife who is a most excellent woman. Bickustaff is when sober an industrious man when drunk almost a maniac— there was evidence before the court on a motion for a new trial that Bickustaff did not know how to play cards. under all the circumstances I think the imprisonment should be remitted
Very Respectfully
N. E. Vanloose Solicitor
of 7<sup>th</sup> circuit
Executive Department [[Alabama. Governor’s Office|Executive Department]]
<sup>th</sup> Dec 1839
For the [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] by the Solicitor & a — to the same effect had with [unlcear] Coleman <s>to the same effect</s> I have remitted the imprisonment <s>[unclear]</s>
A. B. Moore
[page break]
W<sup>m</sup>
imprisonment
remitted
Dec 17 1859
Subject
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873; Governors--Alabama; Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History.