Letter from John B. Nevett to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 12, 1862

Letter from John B. Nevett to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 12, 1862

Murder

Mississippi

Sentence commutation

In this letter dated February 12, 1862, a man named John Nevett is requesting clemency and sentence commutation for a convicted murderer named Patrick Fitzgerald. The request was sent to Mississippi Governor John Pettus. Fitzpatrick killed a man during a drunken fight. He was sentenced to hang. A witness named Burns failed to testify on Fitzgerald's behalf for self-defense, which might have resulted in a lesser charge of manslaughter or self-defense. Fitzgerald was imprisoned at the time of the letter.

Nevett. John B.

Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi
CWRGM
Susannah J. Ural

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
MDAH

1862-02-12

Valimont, Brian

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

letter

English

Still image

1860-1865