Petition to Pardon for Martin Fay
Item
Identifier
Q0000133596_Q0000133599
Title
Petition to Pardon for Martin Fay
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Type
text
Creator
Citizens of Mobile
Date
no date
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Citizens of mobile collaborate a petition to free Martin Fay (a working man) early, the pardon is meant for A.B. Moore
Format
Petition
Language
English
Place
Mobile County, AL
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Yanni Manolakos
transcription
To his Excellency
Andrew B. Moore Governor of the State of Alabama
The petition of Citizens of Mobile Some of whom as [bel?] (page folded) indicted having
Knowledge of And Engaged in the Conviction of Martin Fay who was convicted in the City Court
of Mobile for an assault to Murder our Michael Collins, And was by Said Court convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary on the 3rd June 1858 for the Term of two years
The facts of said assault in brief on Collins & Fay worked in a Cotton yard of which Collins was
foreman, A dispute arose between them in regards to a Settlement of which led to an angry
altercation “ both parties being in liquor” when Fay Seized a piece of iron near by and struck
Collins one blow which broke his fore arm. Fay Could have repeated blows if he had desired it.
Knowing these Circumstances together with the fact of his Serving out a portion of his time in
the penitentiary the undersigned Jurors cheerfully recommend to your Excellency the Case of
Martin Fay as a just and proper one for the Exercise of Execution Clemency
Respectfully Submitted
Foreman (written in margin to left of Jurors)
Jurors.
1 R A Walker
2 David Turner U T. Cleveland & Sheriff
3 E. Murray Z Jerome Eslava Deputy Sheriff
4 J. B. [Ealy?] L B [?] Deputy Sheriff
5 E A [Easidian?] C Taylor Deputy Sheriff
6 [?] [Dustien] John F Petty DS
7 B K Jenks J W. Moore D.S.
8 Robert [Gent?] J J T Wilson Clerk Circuit Court
9 John R [Cooper/Grogber?] [Leo.] W. Bond Probate Clerk
10 [H?] N Bolling James L Shelton
11 John Gilder Sheriff Mobile C
12 absent M F. [Ro?ton?] [Probate] City Court
John C Buford Deputy Clk
The undersigned Citizens of Mobile most cheerfully unite in asking a pardon for Martin Fay.
Knowing him to be a poor but honest and industrious man And having a family solely
dependent upon him for support [pray?] your Excellency to grant our petition And restore him
to liberty and his family
And as in duty [bounded?] your petitioner will ever pray
I. Seawell
H. Chamberlain
Max. P. Robinson
Ebert [Warren?]
R B [Ponlton?] J.P. M.C.
John. Rondeau [Cous?] [M?]
C.W. Rapier
[John?] Buford
G. Y. Overall
James Bond Stephen Charpentier Chief Police ( not sure which name)
C.J. [Moulton?]
A P Bayley
John S. [Multrey?]
James. S. [Roulston?] [Jm?] M Walker
[Duncan?] Jones
D J [Harsington?]
Peter McLarney
G [A?] Brady W. H
Ja. Wade
Henry Rutherford
R P Paterson
James Flanigan
W K Roulston
A M [Maxwell?]
Martin Fay
Petitions to his
Excellency A B Moore
For the pardon of
Martin Fay
Not Granted
Pardon issued
To take effect
On the 1st of September
Aug. 13. 1859
Crime murder,
Term of Sentence
2 years.
Recorded
Andrew B. Moore Governor of the State of Alabama
The petition of Citizens of Mobile Some of whom as [bel?] (page folded) indicted having
Knowledge of And Engaged in the Conviction of Martin Fay who was convicted in the City Court
of Mobile for an assault to Murder our Michael Collins, And was by Said Court convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary on the 3rd June 1858 for the Term of two years
The facts of said assault in brief on Collins & Fay worked in a Cotton yard of which Collins was
foreman, A dispute arose between them in regards to a Settlement of which led to an angry
altercation “ both parties being in liquor” when Fay Seized a piece of iron near by and struck
Collins one blow which broke his fore arm. Fay Could have repeated blows if he had desired it.
Knowing these Circumstances together with the fact of his Serving out a portion of his time in
the penitentiary the undersigned Jurors cheerfully recommend to your Excellency the Case of
Martin Fay as a just and proper one for the Exercise of Execution Clemency
Respectfully Submitted
Foreman (written in margin to left of Jurors)
Jurors.
1 R A Walker
2 David Turner U T. Cleveland & Sheriff
3 E. Murray Z Jerome Eslava Deputy Sheriff
4 J. B. [Ealy?] L B [?] Deputy Sheriff
5 E A [Easidian?] C Taylor Deputy Sheriff
6 [?] [Dustien] John F Petty DS
7 B K Jenks J W. Moore D.S.
8 Robert [Gent?] J J T Wilson Clerk Circuit Court
9 John R [Cooper/Grogber?] [Leo.] W. Bond Probate Clerk
10 [H?] N Bolling James L Shelton
11 John Gilder Sheriff Mobile C
12 absent M F. [Ro?ton?] [Probate] City Court
John C Buford Deputy Clk
The undersigned Citizens of Mobile most cheerfully unite in asking a pardon for Martin Fay.
Knowing him to be a poor but honest and industrious man And having a family solely
dependent upon him for support [pray?] your Excellency to grant our petition And restore him
to liberty and his family
And as in duty [bounded?] your petitioner will ever pray
I. Seawell
H. Chamberlain
Max. P. Robinson
Ebert [Warren?]
R B [Ponlton?] J.P. M.C.
John. Rondeau [Cous?] [M?]
C.W. Rapier
[John?] Buford
G. Y. Overall
James Bond Stephen Charpentier Chief Police ( not sure which name)
C.J. [Moulton?]
A P Bayley
John S. [Multrey?]
James. S. [Roulston?] [Jm?] M Walker
[Duncan?] Jones
D J [Harsington?]
Peter McLarney
G [A?] Brady W. H
Ja. Wade
Henry Rutherford
R P Paterson
James Flanigan
W K Roulston
A M [Maxwell?]
Martin Fay
Petitions to his
Excellency A B Moore
For the pardon of
Martin Fay
Not Granted
Pardon issued
To take effect
On the 1st of September
Aug. 13. 1859
Crime murder,
Term of Sentence
2 years.
Recorded