Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865

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Petition to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; March 1865

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Anderson, F.Bailey, Will J.Bowers, E. J.Burns, D. E.Clark, Charles, 1811-1877 Dawson, W. L.Drane, W.Dunlevy, James H.Fulton, D. M.Handy, John Harris, W. B.Hemphill, John B.Hornhill, S.Hudson, Robert S.Johnson, J. W.Johnstone, G. C.Kearny, L. L.Lawler, W. M.Lewis, Sam Lott, William B.Love, W. C.McBride, W.Nicholson, J. O.Nicholson, S. T.Richards, J. C.Riley, William Sanders, C. C,Saunders, R. C.Scales, Q. R.Scott, C. W.Shackleford, Mrs. Thomas Shackleford, Thomas Simmons, William A.Strickland, William M.Taylor, W. J.Thompson, Leswis Thompson, William G.Tupper, T. C.Unknown, Margaret Virden, Unknown Wilkinson, George B.

Events

Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure--Convicted Criminal Procedure--Indictments Criminal Procedure--Pardon Criminal Procedure--Sentencing

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Courts and Judicial Systems Courts and Judicial Systems--Circuit Courts Courts and Judicial Systems--Criminal Juries

Occupations

Clerks Judges Law Enforcement Law Enforcement--Sheriffs Lawyers Medical Profession Medical Profession--Physicians

Places

Alabama Mississippi--Madison County. Canton

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African Americans African Americans--Enslaved People Enslavers

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To His Excellency Charles Clark Governor of the State of Mississippi—

Your petitioners respectfully represent that at the present Term of the Circuit Court of Madison Co. Thomas Shackleford was convicted under indictment of having quartered a slave on a lot in the city of Canton not contiguous to his dwelling—That the verdict of the jury was based upon evidence substantially as follows, viz: that sometime in the latter part of May 1864, the slave Mar-garet then in possession of the wife of deft. & residing on his lot, asked permission of Mr Virden to go into his house then vacant and some 200 feet distant from dfts lot,—that Virden stated he would be glad to have her occupy the house & take care of his property & directed her to go to her mistress and ask her permission to occupy said house—which was done and permission given by Mrs Shackleford, when said slave moved into said house where she remained till August of the same year, when Mrs Shackleford ordered said slave home, on receiving a note from Mr Virden that he had ascertained that her residence in his house was a violation of law—that all this was done without the knowledge or consent of deft, who was then absent in the state of Alabama, where he has resided since February 1864—that deft had no knowledge of this transaction until after the slave had been brought home by his wife, when he expressly disapproved of it—

Under these circumstances the undersigned the Hon Rob^t S Hudson Judge of said Court, Jno B Hemphill Esq Dist Atty, the members of the jury who rendered the verdict

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and others, members of the bar & bystanders respectfully request your Excellency to grant a pardon to said Shackleford & to remit the penalty incurred as aforesaid And as in duty bound &c—

Robt J Hudson, Judge &c
John B Hemphill Dist Aty
J. C. Richards clerk of Circuit Court Madison Co Miss—
W J Taylor Sheriff
Members of the Jury

W^m A Simmons
G C Johnstone
W^m G Thompson
L L Kearny
Sam Lewis
S. Hornhill
C, W, Scott
J. W. Johnson
C. C. Sanders
W C Love

D. M. Fulton
E. J Bowers
Geo B. Wilkinson
Q. R. Scales

Attorneys

F. Anderson
W. M^cBride
Jno Handy
W Drane
T. C. Tupper
Will J. Bailey
W B Harris

Attorneys

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D, E, Burns
W L Dawson
R. C. Saunders
W^m M. Strickland
W^m.. B, Lott,
W, M, Lawler M, D,
S, T, Nicholson
J O Nicholson
Ja^s H Dunlevy
W^m Riley
Lewis W Thompson

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The State of Mississippi
Madison County

Circuit Court
March Term 1865

The State of Mississippi
N^o 467 vs
Tho^s: Shackelford

Indictment for quarter=ing slave on lot not contiguous to his residence &c

Copy of verdict

"We the Jury find for the State & recom=mend the Defendant to the mercy of the Court & Executive"

"It is ordered by the Court that the defendant be fined two hundred=dollars"—&c