Petition from Shelby County Citizens to Andrew B. Moore; January 1, 1859
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Identifier
Q0000133577 - Q0000133579
Title
Petition from Shelby County Citizens to Andrew B. Moore; January 1, 1859
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Type
text
Creator
Citizens of Shelby County
Date
1/1/1859
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Petition from Shelby County Citizens to Andrew B. Moore requesting the remmittance of fines against Henderson Connel.
Format
Petition
Language
English
Place
Shelby County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Riley LoCurto
transcription
[[Columbiana, (Ala.)]] Jan’y 1<sup>st</s>1859
To his Excellency A. B. More [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1973|Andrew B Moore]]Gove r
The undersigned respectfully represent to your Excellency that they are the securities of one [[Connel, Henderson|Henderson Connel]] (now dec<sup>d</sup>) for the fines & costs in two cases in which the said Henderson was convicted [[Convicted|conviction]] at the last term of the circuit court[[Circuit couts|circuit court]] of [[Shelby County (Ala.)|County of Shelby]] Alabama on charges of assault & battery[[Assault and battery]], one of said fines $50.—& the other $1.— & the cost in each case about $40.— and that said Henderson Connel departed this life about the 9<sup>th</sup> of November last leaving a [[Widdows|widow]] & some 6 or 7 small children the oldest about 10 or 12 years of age & no more property within our knowledge than the law exempts from execution & inasmuch as the punishment designed to be inflicted by the imposition of fine & cost cannot <u>now</u> in this case be visited upon the said Henderson but must fall within whom his securities or his widow & children who are all innocent in the violation of the law for which said fines & costs were imposed & the said widow & children almost pennyless[[impoverished people|destitute]] & helpless on account of their age & conditions we appeal with confidence to your Excellency & ask that you will in the executive clemency [entrusted?] to your [devention?] remit said fines, deeming the costs in said cases <u>under</u> <u>the</u> <u>circumstances</u> an ample atonement to the violated law in the premises. And as in [page break] duty bound your petition will ever be
E. W. Sawyer [[Sawyer, E. W.|E.W. Sawyer]]
J. G. Gammell [[Gammell, J. G.|J.G. Gammell]]
W. M. Allen [[Allen, W. M.|W. M. Allen]]
We believe the facts as stated within to be true & join with the above named securities in asking the interposition of your Excellencys power to give relief in the premises as asked—
Wilie H. Ope (elisk)
[unclear]
H. D. Sawyer [unclear]
Executive Department [[Alabama. Governor’s Office|Executive Department]]
25 Jany, 59
The fines in the two cases were when a one [new?] The [unclear] the payment on the cases for the reasons agreed in the petition
A. B. Moore
[page break] Fines against Henderson Connel remitted crime ass. A. B. M<sup>r</sup> $50 two others, $1— Shelby Co. Iss He, Jan 1
To his Excellency A. B. More [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1973|Andrew B Moore]]Gove r
The undersigned respectfully represent to your Excellency that they are the securities of one [[Connel, Henderson|Henderson Connel]] (now dec<sup>d</sup>) for the fines & costs in two cases in which the said Henderson was convicted [[Convicted|conviction]] at the last term of the circuit court[[Circuit couts|circuit court]] of [[Shelby County (Ala.)|County of Shelby]] Alabama on charges of assault & battery[[Assault and battery]], one of said fines $50.—& the other $1.— & the cost in each case about $40.— and that said Henderson Connel departed this life about the 9<sup>th</sup> of November last leaving a [[Widdows|widow]] & some 6 or 7 small children the oldest about 10 or 12 years of age & no more property within our knowledge than the law exempts from execution & inasmuch as the punishment designed to be inflicted by the imposition of fine & cost cannot <u>now</u> in this case be visited upon the said Henderson but must fall within whom his securities or his widow & children who are all innocent in the violation of the law for which said fines & costs were imposed & the said widow & children almost pennyless[[impoverished people|destitute]] & helpless on account of their age & conditions we appeal with confidence to your Excellency & ask that you will in the executive clemency [entrusted?] to your [devention?] remit said fines, deeming the costs in said cases <u>under</u> <u>the</u> <u>circumstances</u> an ample atonement to the violated law in the premises. And as in [page break] duty bound your petition will ever be
E. W. Sawyer [[Sawyer, E. W.|E.W. Sawyer]]
J. G. Gammell [[Gammell, J. G.|J.G. Gammell]]
W. M. Allen [[Allen, W. M.|W. M. Allen]]
We believe the facts as stated within to be true & join with the above named securities in asking the interposition of your Excellencys power to give relief in the premises as asked—
Wilie H. Ope (elisk)
[unclear]
H. D. Sawyer [unclear]
Executive Department [[Alabama. Governor’s Office|Executive Department]]
25 Jany, 59
The fines in the two cases were when a one [new?] The [unclear] the payment on the cases for the reasons agreed in the petition
A. B. Moore
[page break] Fines against Henderson Connel remitted crime ass. A. B. M<sup>r</sup> $50 two others, $1— Shelby Co. Iss He, Jan 1
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.