Letter from Alabama Governor A. B. Moore to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 6, 1860

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Letter from Alabama Governor A. B. Moore to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; January 6, 1860

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Bookout, Wright Clarke, Wiley A.Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873 Nettles, J. H.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Weaver, J. H.

Events

Crime Crime--Fraud

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Alabama--Department of State

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Judges Judges. Justices of the Peace

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Alabama Alabama--Barbour County Alabama--Montgomery County. Montgomery Georgia

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Fugitives from Justice

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To the Executive Authority of the State of Mississippi

Whereas, it appears by the annexed documents, which are hereby certified to be authentic, that Wiley A. Clarke stands charged with the crime of obtaining valuable property under false pretenses committed in the State of Alabama, and information having been received that the said Wiley A. Clarke has fled from justice and taken refuge in Mississippi

THEREFORE, I, A B Moore Governor of the State of Alabama, have thought proper, in pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States, to demand the surrender of the said Wiley A. Clarke as a fugitive from justice, and that he be delivered to Wright Bookout who is hereby appointed the agent on the part of the State to receive him.

GIVEN under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State affixed at the CITY OF MONTGOMERY, this 6^th day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and ~~fifty~~ 60 and of the Independence of the United States of America, the eighty-fourth year.

A.B. Moore.

[seal] [unclear]NOR:

J. H. Weaver
SECRETARY OF STATE

before me this 6 day of January A D, 1860

J H Nettles
Justice of the Peace

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The State of Alabama.

Montgomery County [?]

Personally appeared before the undersigned J H Nettles Justice of the Peace in and for said county & State aforesaid [unclear] State of Georgia who being duly sworn doth depose & say; that Wiley A. Clarke sometime a resident of the County of Barbour in the State of Alabama, did unlawfully and feloniously ^commit^ the crime of obtaining valuable property, to wit mules, to the value of fifteen Hundred dollars, from this affiant by fraudulent and false pretenses in Montgomery [unclear] Alabama in the year 1857 A D. contrary to the statute of said State in such case made & provided; and that said Wiley A. Clarke has fled from justice and escaped as this affiant is informed and believes into the State of Mississippi.

Wright Bookout

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 6^th day of January A D. 1860

J H Nettles
Justice of the Peace