Petition from Ropler, Unknown to Governor A.B. Moore; 1859

Item

Identifier

Q0000134002_Q0000134003

Title

Petition from Ropler, Unknown to Governor A.B. Moore; 1859

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Type

text

Creator

Ropler, Unknown

Date

1859, November

Description

From a Mr. Ropler petitioning Governor A.B. Moore to remit a fine for Perry Logan for playing cards with an enslaved person

Format

Petition

Language

English

Place

Perry County (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Riecher Denmark

transcription

To his Excellency Gov
[[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A B Moore]],

Your petitioner would state that [[Logan, Perry|Perry Logan]] was convicted at the Court term of the circuit Court of [[Perry County (Ala.)|Perry County]] for [[Gambling|playing cards]] with a [[Enslaved people|slave]], he is by from and in a widowed mother to support and as the Court the last [[imprisonment was imprisonment of three months on our conviction for this offense, I would ask of your Excellency in consideration of his circumstances and in order [?] he may be [?] to [?] [some?] they [though?] the [fine?] [?] could support his mother, there to be [[Pardon|pardoned]] from the imprisonment on condition that he secure in [?] thee [?] [?] [?] the fine [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?]

[[Ropler, Unkown L.|[?] L Ropler]]

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Executive Department
11 Novb 1859

In his case Perry Logan was fined seventy five dollars for gaming, and [def?] [at?] [?] the fine + was or of [?] the sum he was [?] raise [?] day, - As the fine [was?] [?] [?] [haveally?] [continued?] to be [suffocated?], and or is in [?] to [?] what he is now [?] be [?] the fine + costs - I [?] the [?] [?] [?] on conditions that the fine costs [?] [?] or [?] [?] he is [?]

A. B. Moore

Subject

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History