Letter from citizens of Tuscaloosa County to Andrew B. Moore; 1858 April 5
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Q0000133347_Q0000133348
Title
Letter from citizens of Tuscaloosa County to Andrew B. Moore; 1858 April 5
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text
Creator
Citizens of Tuscaloosa County
Date
1858 April 5
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Letter from Citizens of Tuscaloosa County requesting that the governor expunge the imprisonment of Barney Fuller.
Format
Petition
Language
English
Place
Tuscaloosa County (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Luca Brillo
transcription
Q0000133347_Q0000133348
[[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Andrew B Moore]]
Your petitioner [[Fuller, Barney|Barney Fuller]] of [[Tuscaloosa County (Ala.)|tuscaloosa county]], humbley represents to your excellence that he was tried and convicted at the last [June?] of the circuit court for Tuscaloosa county just closed. [Apon?] an [unclear] for [gaming?] with a [[Enslaved people|slavee/s]]; and was fined by [[Jury|jury]] trying the case seventy dollars, and was questioned by the [unclear]. Mr. [[Mudd, S|S. Mudd]], the preceding [[Judges|judge/s]]. To three months imprisonment [unclear] the county [[Jails|jail]].
Your petitioner further supersedes [unclear] these [perially?] is severe in the extreme - and that the jury trying the case rendered their [unclear] of [unclear] apon mere inferential and circumstantial testimony proving the guilt of misdemeanor.
Under this view of the case your punishment prays your Excellency to remit [unclear] [unclear] at [cash?] in part as your petitioner having very poor and [unclear] will have to suffer extreme measure of the penalty above [extreme?]. The [unclear] Mr. S. Mudd believing that my case is [unclear] discovering the clemency of the execution he recommends the [unclear] and forwarding to your Excellency this petition, and says he will unite with the [records?] of the petitioner in praying your Excellency to [unclear] a portion of the penalty, [hence?] your petitioner will ever [pray?] [unclear].
Tuscaloosa, April 5th 1858 Barney Fuller
We the [unclear] citizens of Tuscaloosa County, may believe that the facts [are?] forth in the [unclear] petition Barney Fuller are ? correct, that the penalty apon said Fuller will operate as an extreme hardship apon him, - [being?] as he is extremely [[Impoverished people|poor man/woman]] and quite young, and as such your petitioners deem the case of Barney Fuller [our?] [unclear] the clemency of the execution; and as such unite with him in praying your excellency for his relief.
G W [unclear]
E M [Burtons?]
[unclear] M [Guine?]
[Roberts, I, John|John, I, Roberts]
G [Anders?] [I?]. [[Sheriffs|sheriff/s]]
[unclear] Clay
[unclear]
A I. [Nicohor?]
[unclear] R. H. Brown
[Jemison, N.W.|W. N. Jemison]
H. I. [unclear]
[unclear]
E. [unclear]
[Alfred?] [Roberts?] [unclear]
A. B Moore
E A [Ponelo]
[Jno?] I. Garvin
[Thompson, Jo|Jo Thompson]
[Pounds, Rolly|Rolly Pounds]
[unclear] M. Slime
[Cook, M.L|L. M. Cook]
[unclear] [unclear]
[Samuel,JJ|JJ Samuel]
[Whitefield, L.N|N L Whitefield]
[unclear]. H. Fitts.
[unclear] Martin
I most [willing?] and reading unite with the above petitioners in there prayer for the relief of Barney Fuller.
William S Mudd
For the [unclear] [unclear] by [unclear] Mudd the balance of the [unclear] of Barney Fuller [unified?]
10th May 1858 A B Moore
Names
Barney Fuller 1
William S. Mudd 2
G W [unclear] 3
E M [Burtons?] 4
[unclear] M [Guine?] 5
[Roberts, I, John|John, I, Roberts] 6
G [Anders?] [I?]. [[Sheriffs|sheriff/s]] 7
[unclear] Clay8
A I. [Nicohor?] 9
[unclear] R. H. Brown 10
W. N. Jemison 11
H. I. [unclear] 12
E. [unclear] 13
[Alfred?] [Roberts?] [unclear] 14
E A [Ponelo] 15
[Jno?] I. Garvin 16
Jo Thompson 17
Rolly Pounds 18
[unclear] M. Slime 19
L. M. Cook 20
[unclear] [unclear] 21
JJ Samuel 22
N L Whitefield 23
[unclear]. H. Fitts. 24
[unclear] Martin 25
[page break]
[[Alabama. Governor's Office|Executive Department]]
[[Montgomery (Ala.)|Montgomery Alabama]]
The convict [[Fuller, Barney|Barney Fuller]], mentioned in the foregoing [[Petitions|petition]] , is [[Convicted|conviction]] of associating illegal actions with a [[Enslaved people|slave/s]].
[[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A.B. Moore]]
[[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Andrew B Moore]]
Your petitioner [[Fuller, Barney|Barney Fuller]] of [[Tuscaloosa County (Ala.)|tuscaloosa county]], humbley represents to your excellence that he was tried and convicted at the last [June?] of the circuit court for Tuscaloosa county just closed. [Apon?] an [unclear] for [gaming?] with a [[Enslaved people|slavee/s]]; and was fined by [[Jury|jury]] trying the case seventy dollars, and was questioned by the [unclear]. Mr. [[Mudd, S|S. Mudd]], the preceding [[Judges|judge/s]]. To three months imprisonment [unclear] the county [[Jails|jail]].
Your petitioner further supersedes [unclear] these [perially?] is severe in the extreme - and that the jury trying the case rendered their [unclear] of [unclear] apon mere inferential and circumstantial testimony proving the guilt of misdemeanor.
Under this view of the case your punishment prays your Excellency to remit [unclear] [unclear] at [cash?] in part as your petitioner having very poor and [unclear] will have to suffer extreme measure of the penalty above [extreme?]. The [unclear] Mr. S. Mudd believing that my case is [unclear] discovering the clemency of the execution he recommends the [unclear] and forwarding to your Excellency this petition, and says he will unite with the [records?] of the petitioner in praying your Excellency to [unclear] a portion of the penalty, [hence?] your petitioner will ever [pray?] [unclear].
Tuscaloosa, April 5th 1858 Barney Fuller
We the [unclear] citizens of Tuscaloosa County, may believe that the facts [are?] forth in the [unclear] petition Barney Fuller are ? correct, that the penalty apon said Fuller will operate as an extreme hardship apon him, - [being?] as he is extremely [[Impoverished people|poor man/woman]] and quite young, and as such your petitioners deem the case of Barney Fuller [our?] [unclear] the clemency of the execution; and as such unite with him in praying your excellency for his relief.
G W [unclear]
E M [Burtons?]
[unclear] M [Guine?]
[Roberts, I, John|John, I, Roberts]
G [Anders?] [I?]. [[Sheriffs|sheriff/s]]
[unclear] Clay
[unclear]
A I. [Nicohor?]
[unclear] R. H. Brown
[Jemison, N.W.|W. N. Jemison]
H. I. [unclear]
[unclear]
E. [unclear]
[Alfred?] [Roberts?] [unclear]
A. B Moore
E A [Ponelo]
[Jno?] I. Garvin
[Thompson, Jo|Jo Thompson]
[Pounds, Rolly|Rolly Pounds]
[unclear] M. Slime
[Cook, M.L|L. M. Cook]
[unclear] [unclear]
[Samuel,JJ|JJ Samuel]
[Whitefield, L.N|N L Whitefield]
[unclear]. H. Fitts.
[unclear] Martin
I most [willing?] and reading unite with the above petitioners in there prayer for the relief of Barney Fuller.
William S Mudd
For the [unclear] [unclear] by [unclear] Mudd the balance of the [unclear] of Barney Fuller [unified?]
10th May 1858 A B Moore
Names
Barney Fuller 1
William S. Mudd 2
G W [unclear] 3
E M [Burtons?] 4
[unclear] M [Guine?] 5
[Roberts, I, John|John, I, Roberts] 6
G [Anders?] [I?]. [[Sheriffs|sheriff/s]] 7
[unclear] Clay8
A I. [Nicohor?] 9
[unclear] R. H. Brown 10
W. N. Jemison 11
H. I. [unclear] 12
E. [unclear] 13
[Alfred?] [Roberts?] [unclear] 14
E A [Ponelo] 15
[Jno?] I. Garvin 16
Jo Thompson 17
Rolly Pounds 18
[unclear] M. Slime 19
L. M. Cook 20
[unclear] [unclear] 21
JJ Samuel 22
N L Whitefield 23
[unclear]. H. Fitts. 24
[unclear] Martin 25
[page break]
[[Alabama. Governor's Office|Executive Department]]
[[Montgomery (Ala.)|Montgomery Alabama]]
The convict [[Fuller, Barney|Barney Fuller]], mentioned in the foregoing [[Petitions|petition]] , is [[Convicted|conviction]] of associating illegal actions with a [[Enslaved people|slave/s]].
[[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A.B. Moore]]