Petiton from citizens of Alabama to Governor A. B. Moore and pardon from A. B. Moore; July 21, 1859

Item

Identifier

Q134056_Q134057

Title

Petiton from citizens of Alabama to Governor A. B. Moore and pardon from A. B. Moore; July 21, 1859

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Type

text

Creator

Moore, A. B.

Date

1859 July 21

Description

From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. A petiton from citzens of Alabama to Governor Andew B. Moore requesting the pardon of James M. McNall. Attached is the pardon from Governor Andew B. Moore.

Format

Petiton; Pardon

Language

English

Place

Madison County (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Emma Jackson Pepperman

transcription

To the Honorable [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Andrew B. Moore]]
Governor of the [[Alabama|State of Alabama]].

Your Petitioners show to your Excel-ency that at the last term of the [[Circuit Court|Circuit Court]] of [[Madison County (Ala.)|Madison County]] of the charge of [[Petty larceny|Petty Larceny]] and fined in the sum of fifty [gap] dollars, and being pussetly[?] resliluls[?] of property, and the term of a prior laboring man, he was unable a pay or secure the fine and was there upon ordered be the Court to be Confined in the [[Jails|jail]] of the County for the term of six months. He was as the time of the alleged offence a melin[?], and alleges his inocence, and chosses his prosecution to M believes mobis[?]; but above these things your Petitioners know nothing and make no represculation. He is now in jail, and has been seires[?] said Court and admitting his guilt, your Petitioners think the laws[?] of justice have been sufficeintly acserved. Beads which and or the immediate Court of the application, they shown that he is now languishing in Jail under an attack of [[Typhoid fever|Typhoid fever]], which is show in its progress, and he’ll probably lost through his period of [[Imprisonment|imprisenment]] which he is orssuird[?] of the care and beleution of his family and friends, whose poorly exgu-eies them to labor at home.

[[Haler, S. D.|S. D. Haler]] judged have tried Defe-

McD Davis
W. E. Hollowett
Huiy M Rabella

Solicitor
Egbl. J. Jones
G. W. Carmichael

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Executive Department
21. July 1859

For the reason assigned by the [[Judges|Judge]] and a [[Solicitor|Solicitor]] the Balonie of the return of impresonment of [[McNall James M.|James M McNall]] who was coasted at the last term of the Madison Circuit Court & Petted Larceny is remetted.

A. B. Moore.

[two stamps, one-man, one Huntsville Ala.]
His Excellency A B Moore Montgumary Ala

James M McNall
Released from jail cricne[?] Petty Loreciy fine $50 . meoble Toopey of metececed to sipno impiunecint [?] Madison Co.
<u>Its July 23/59<u>

Recorded

[Alabama Archival Stamp]

Subject

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.; Petitions; Crime--Alabama--History; Typhoid fever; Madison County (Ala.).